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‘Someday I will get found and locked up’: Inside the global fight against online child sex abuse
The grainy photograph looked innocent enough. In the centre a young Filipina sports a toothy grin.
- Lucy Cormack
- The Sydney Morning Herald
She’s about five or six years old, and is resting her head on the shoulder of an older, white man, who is cocking his own head towards her as they smile for the camera.
The pair is seated at what looks like a kitchen table, the young girl clutching the man’s forearm with her tiny hands, as a grandchild might their elder.
But there is nothing innocent about the photo.
On September 8, 2016, officers from Visayan Field Unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) storm a…