Moderators Moderator_03 Posted February 4, 2022 Moderators Share Posted February 4, 2022 Quote 9 Child sex victims rescued Posted 03/02/2022 Nine minors aged four to twelve alleged victims of sexual exploitation were rescued, Wednesday, February 3 in a joint operation “Luz de Esperanza” (Light of Hope) in a dozen simultaneous raids by authorities of Costa Rica and Panama. In the action, two women (in Panamanian territory) and one man (in Costa Rica) were apprehended. The first superior prosecutor against organized crime, Emeldo Márquez, confirmed that "We will be requesting the legalization hearing of the three arrested, formulation of charges and the corresponding precautionary measure." https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/9-child-sex-victims-rescued-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted February 5, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted February 5, 2022 Quote Third woman arrested in child sexual exploitation swoop Posted 04/02/2022 A third woman was arrested in Panama Oeste for her alleged link to a network that engaged in child sexual exploitation. On Thursday it was announced that two women were arrested in Panamanian territory. On Friday the First Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime and the National Police reported a third capture In the “Luz de Esperanza” (Light of Hope)– an operation s carried out simultaneously by authorities from Costa Rica and Panama – nine minors aged 4 to 12 were rescued. A man allegedly involved in the network was arrested in Costa Rica. "We strongly condemn child sexual exploitation and urge the authorities to take urgent measures to prevent these crimes, to support the recovery of the victims and to bring those involved to the full weight of justice," said, a statement, by the United Foundation for Children. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/third-woman-arrested-in-child-sexual-exploitation-swoop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted February 7, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted February 7, 2022 Quote Mother took daughter 9, to child prostitution ring The latest arrest in child exploitation scandal. Posted 06/02/2022 Three of the Four Panamanian women charged on Saturday, February 5, with the trafficking for the purpose of child sexual exploitation are in preventive detention. The other is under house arrest. The court considered the provisional detention to ensure the process and the evidence. One of them aged 39, arrested on Friday in Veracruz, was alleged to have taken her 9 -year-old daughter to Cost Rica for prostitution. The case is part of the results of Operation Light of Hope that dismantled a network, which was located between the border of Panama and Costa Rica, and where nine girls, between the ages of 4 to 12 years, were rescued. The network "operated in the border sector. Two of the women apprehended were relatives of the victims and facilitated the entry and exit of minors from the national territory," reported the First Superior prosecutor against Organized Crime, Emeldo Márquez. The prosecutor reported that after the apprehension of all the people who were the product of the Luz de Esperanza operation, the important formulation of the charge of human trafficking in its aggravated modality was given. There are 12 minor victims, of which four have already been certified to have been sexually abused. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/mother-took-daughter-9-to-child-prostitution-ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted February 8, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted February 8, 2022 Quote Public Ministry seeking more victims of child sex network Posted 08/02/2022 The Public Ministry is looking for victims of a child sex-trafficking network uncovered by the Prosecutor's Office against Organized Crime in the Luz de Esperanza (Light of Hope) operation, in which 12 minors, between 4 and 16 years of age were rescued. After the proceedings carried out starting on February 4, the prosecutor's office apprehended four women, three of them allegedly in charge of transferring the minors from the district of Barú, in Chiriquí, to a place on the border with Costa Rica, where the authorities located a residence used for the sexual exploitation of children. The women, who were charged for the alleged commission of the crime of sexual exploitation by the Court of Guarantees of Chiriquí, in some cases are mothers and in others aunts of the victims. During the charges hearings, at the request of the Public Ministry, the guarantee judge ordered the provisional detention of three of the accused, while a measure other than detention was imposed on the fourth, a measure that was appealed by the prosecution. The authorities of the Public Ministry also do not rule out that other people are related to the network. The case file includes key material in the process, including pornographic videos of minors found on cell phones. The prosecution seized other technological devices that will be inspected by experts from the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences . The operation was carried out in conjunction with the Costa Rican Immigration Police, which arrested a man of Costa Rican nationality. Personnel from the National Border Service and the National Police participated in the operation. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/public-ministry-seeking-more-victims-of-child-sex-network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_03 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Moderators Share Posted February 9, 2022 Quote Child sex trafficking in a failing society Posted 08/02/2022 A little-known news, but of great social relevance, is the dismantling of a network of traffickers of minors, sexually exploited in the border area with Costa Rica. What is aberrant in this case is that it was allegedly close relatives of the victims – including mothers and aunts of some of them – who would have lent themselves to such heinous activity. At least 12 minors have been rescued, including victims as young as 4 years old. If, after a trial, these people are found guilty of the crime of trafficking in minors, the full weight of the law must fall on them, since there is nothing that justifies these criminal acts. Facts like these should make us reflect on what we are as a society. It takes perfect inhuman to perpetrate these disgusting crimes, especially with the family, because the defendants are responsible for the welfare and protection of these minors. Where are the values? What kind of person carries out such monstrous acts? The Panamanian family – the nucleus of our society – is going through its worst moment and it is time that, as a State, we start to do something or we will also be a failed society. – LA PRENSA, hoyporhoy, Feb. 8. https://www.newsroompanama.com/opinion/child-sex-trafficking-in-a-failing-society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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