Online and sexual crimes have increased substantially

There was a noteworthy increase in online and sexual crimes cases in the SAR, Public Prosecutor-general, Ip Son Sang, stated in the opening ceremony of the 2021/2022 judicial year.

“We are facing a huge change in the life and consumption patterns of the population, one of them being the increase in the use of the internet, a change that gives offenders more opportunities to practice online crimes,” the Prosecutor-general noted.

Ip added in his speech that in the last judicial year there was a greater increase in investigations concerning online crimes, especially illicit purchases made using credit card data, online frauds where victims are persuaded to gamble or invest via the internet, and cases of extortion by obtaining nude photos online.

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