Lalaki na sangkot sa sextortion, huli sa entrapment operation sa Ozamiz City

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00:00 More than 1,000 victims of online scams have been reported this month in Enero.

00:06 It's thanks to the data released by the Philippine National Police.

00:09 Meanwhile, a man is involved in a sex-torture where his ex-girlfriend was the victim

00:16 following an entrapment operation in Ozamiz City.

00:19 Details in the report of Patrick De Jesus.

00:25 [Speaking Filipino]

00:30 This man, a suspect, was cornered in an entrapment operation by the operatives of the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group in Ozamiz City

00:39 for spreading and selling images of his ex-girlfriend.

00:44 [Speaking Filipino]

00:49 The suspect was shocked when he was arrested. He was given a cellphone and money.

00:56 This is a sexual assault activity where the victim and the suspect have a relationship.

01:04 Just like that, there were recorded videos and pictures of the suspect and the victim.

01:13 When the victim separated, he made a promise.

01:19 The case is under the Republic Act 19995, the Type Photo and Video Fururism Act.

01:26 The case is also under the Republic Act 9262, Violence Against Women and Their Children.

01:32 According to the Philippine National Police, this is a sex-torture.

01:36 Of the cases that have increased in the past three years,

01:40 the online scam, identity theft and cyber libel are the top ones.

01:47 The number of cases has almost doubled.

01:49 In the first month of the year, more than 1,000 online scams,

01:54 more than 200 identity thefts and 100 cyber libel cases were recorded.

02:00 On the tip of this Tuesday in Malacanang,

02:02 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was targeting the criminals in the cyber space.

02:08 In the middle of the continuous increase of cyber crime,

02:11 the PNP will place a cyber security desk in police stations to speed up the investigation of the cases.

02:20 Alarming in the sense that we are not zeroing in every day.

02:25 We are receiving reports.

02:27 That's why we are looking at the fact that aside from our focus crimes,

02:32 which are called crimes against persons and crimes against property,

02:35 we are really targeting the monitoring of cyber crimes.

02:39 The PNP admitted that there is a big threat of cyber crimes being committed by those behind the scenes,

02:45 which they are targeting.

02:47 Our enemies are faceless and sometimes nameless.

02:52 It's really difficult on our part.

02:54 The PNP said that the training of the police will continue,

02:57 which will be part of the cyber security desk,

03:00 to upgrade their ICT equipment.

03:04 Patrick De Azuz for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.