Child Prostitution Ring Smashed in Philippines
From Reuters
MANILA —
A U.S. Navy investigator has helped smash a ring that procured Filipino children as young as 4 as sex partners for foreigners, a Philippine prosecutor said Wednesday.
Eight Filipinos have been implicated in the child prostitution ring, operating near the U.S. Subic Bay Naval Base north of Manila, prosecutor Nina Alcala said.
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