The online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC) occurs when traffickers use the internet to sell the sexual abuse of young children over live video calls and other online content.

The median age of victims is 11 years old, and the youngest child rescued was only two months old.
The Philippines is the global epicentre, as crime is starting to spread to
new countries. Australians are the third highest users of OSEC material in the
world.

IJM Philippines was one of the first organisations to identify OSEC as it emerged in 2011-2014. IJM Philippines is now the global leader in the fight against OSEC. IJM, the Philippine government, and global
authorities have already worked together to rescue more than 1,000 victims of OSEC and convict almost 200 online child sex traffickers. In the Philippines, our team has developed a proven model of protection to strengthen justice systems. This model is now ready to scale to new countries as this crime continues
to spread.