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Re: Filipino studio raided

Well, the article says the women were rescued in 2009, so at this point we'll probably never know. "live Internet porn operation that catered to foreigners" could be any number of sites.

I'll admit I could just be particularly defensive but I don't like the undertone that I pick up from articles like this that makes it seem like what I do is seedy and that all women involved were coerced into it.
 
Two Swedes jailed for life for Philippine Internet porn
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE74A1RG20110511


MANILA (Reuters) - Two Swedes have been jailed for life in the Philippines for violating human trafficking laws by running a live Internet porn operation in a southern city that catered to foreigners.

The convictions were the first legal victory in the battle against foreign-operated porn operations in the Philippines, said Lalae Garcia of the Tubaga movement, a women and children rights group on the southern island of Mindanao.

"This is definitely a major victory for abused and exploited women," she told reporters after a court in Cagayan de Oro sentenced the Swedes and three Filipino accomplices.

Law enforcement agencies say cybersex, or providing sexually explicit material over the Internet, is a growing industry in many parts of the world, including in the Philippines, where there is perceived to be a low risk of arrest and high returns.

The court, in a May 6 judgment that was released on Tuesday, also fined the Swedes, Emil Andreas Solemo and Bo Stefan Sederholm, 2 million pesos ($46,500) each. The three Filipinos were jailed for 20 years and fined 1 million pesos each.

"Disrespect for Filipino women and violations of our laws deserve the strongest condemnation from this court," read part of the 25-page court decision.

Justo Yap, National Bureau of Investigation regional director, said 18 women, aged 19 to 24, some of whom were naked and sending live feeds to clients abroad, were rescued after a raid on a premises in April 2009.

(Reporting by Manuel Mogato; Editing by John Mair and Nick Macfie)


Do you guys think it was a MFC studio? Have any girls gone missing off the Asian homepage? Did you guys realize that it was illegal to cam in the Philipines? Do you think this is a one off or will more studios be closed? Do you think that these women are abused and need rescuing? Haha that's a lot of questions but I'm curious!!
 
holy cow jailed for life...oh and a $46k fine...

oh and it says the raid happened 2 years ago lol..it just took this long to prosecute it. Yeah I mean if those guys were holding them against their will, abusing them, or whatever then I guess life is justifiable but if it was a regular cam studio working off the books cos it's illegal there or something...that's way fucking harsh.
 
you'd think livejasmin would take care to make sure models submit believable ID showing their age...

It's so gross that two foreigners come in and exploit local underage girls. I hope the money they fined them is being split up amongst the girls who earned it, but I doubt it.
 
Re: Filipino studio raided

There are "publicity" pieces like this every few months. Cam modeling is illegal in the Philippines. In particular they make an example out of it if money doesn't exchange hands and there are foreigners involved.

It is always reported that the girls are "rescued" another news item mentioned the girls were paid 15000 pesos ($350 u.s) a month, that is a fortune there.
 
Re: Filipino studio raided

Countessa said:
Yeah I posted on another thread in general about this today. They were camming for livejasmin.
Merged threads.
 
Yeah, it's illegal to cam in the Philipines and Romania.

It goes to show how different our cultures are, but yet, people still think camming is "degrading to women" even in the USA.

The camsite gets off free because they're not responsible for fake ID's. :(
 
MFC updated the model I.D requirements for models in the Philippines, in March, along with newer procedures ( additional rules )

http://wiki.myfreecams.com/wiki/Models_ ... onal_Rules

Its not so simple with id's, if they pay the right money to the right people they can get the LEGIT i.d with whatever details on it that they ask for.

Which is why MFC has this..

Models that look too young
Even if a model is over 18 years old, we may still not approve her, or shut off her account if she looks too young.

We understand that women mature at different ages, and Asian women in particular may look younger for a longer period of time; however, if a model looks like she may be under 18, she may not work on this website.
 
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