In the Philippines, sex trafficking moves online

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Sex tourism has long been a scourge in the Philippines.

Sex tourism has long been a scourge in the Philippines. But now there's a disturbing new trend in the trafficking of mostly young women and children: vulnerable victims are being lured online and tricked into the trade. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

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