Mother arrested for forcing daughters to do ‘live show’

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation arrested last week a woman who allegedly offered explicit “live shows” of minors, including her two daughters, from their home in Taguig City.

An entrapment operation was conducted on Oct. 21 after the NBI’s human trafficking division was tipped about the woman sending images and videos of minors to US viewers.

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The bureau then conducted surveillance to locate the suspect and also sought a search warrant to examine computer data, which was granted by the Regional Trial Court Branch 15-Family Court in Taguig City.

An undercover agent, upon being informed by the mother that the shows would start at 1 p.m., then advised agents, who caught the mother at that exact moment her children, upon her prodding, were about to perform a sexually explicit show to viewers. —Gillian Villanueva

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