CIDG to train cops to fight cybercrime

THE Police Regional Office (PRO-7) in Central Visayas will undergo training in September on fighting cybercrime.

The office has coordinated with the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Manila to send trainers, said Chief Supt. Ager Ontog, PRO-7 director.

About 50 policemen from Central Visayas will undergo training.

Ontog, who visited Capitol yesterday, said the policemen will be deployed in key cities and municipalities in the province and region.

The six kids rescued last June in a raid of a family-run cybersex den in Cordova town have a new home.

Cebu Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale told Cebu Daily News they transferred the kids to a new center, which she did not name for security reasons.

She said the kids are happier.

“They’re all together under one roof,” Magpale said.

“But they haven’t gone through regular school yet. They have to undergo a process.”

The children were given a two-month education module designed by the Department of Education so they can continue their studies.

Meanwhile, 11 Bohol girls rescued in Cebu’s pier 4 are undergoing “value orientation and empowerment sessions” with the help of the International Justice Mission.

Kin of rescued children from Getafe town, Bohol province and Naga City and Cordova town in Cebu will also be examined, said Edna Ragudo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7).

“We need to be very sure that the kids will be safe when they are returned to their homes,” Ragudo said.

Social workers in the towns and cities will check if parents are still likely to exploit their children, she said. The children should have a healthier environment when they are brought home.

If the family tries to discourage children from pursuing court cases against them, the children will be brought back to the DSWD facility, Ragudo said. Carmel Loise Matus and Candeze R. Mongaya