英语听力精选进阶版 14354

Philippines online child abuse arrests

Summary

17 January 2014

Police in Britain say they've broken up an international crime group that organised the sexual abuse of children in the Philippines live over the internet. So far 29 people have been arrested around the world and 17 people in Britain. In one case, a British man was found to have directed the abuse via the internet of five children from one Philippine family.

Reporter:

Rob Broomby

Report

It has been described as "an emerging threat" by Britain's National Crime Agency. The children were abused in the Philippines and filmed online - often with the collaboration¹ of their parents - and their traumas² were viewed by paedophiles on computers around the world. 

The investigation³ which uncovered the crimes began in 2012 and was prompted by a routine visit by the police to the home of a registered sex offender⁴ in the English Midlands. There they found indecent videos stored on computers and a collection of DVDs recorded from webcams. 

The trail soon saw British officers working alongside the Australian Federal Police and US Immigration and customs officials to track down other perpetrators and begin to unravel⁵ the network. 

The National Crime Agency said extreme poverty in the Philippines and the increasing availability of high-speed internet had made the abuse possible. It was all paid for by comparatively wealthy overseas customers and orchestrated by crime groups who exploited children for financial gain. 

Seventeen people were arrested in Britain of which five have already been convicted. In the Philippines itself, eleven are suspected of facilitating the abuse though suspects have been identified in several wealthy European countries as well as Australia, the US, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

1 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

2 traumas   

n.心灵创伤( trauma的名词复数 )；损伤；痛苦经历；挫折

参考例句：

• She felt exhausted after the traumas of recent weeks. 她经受了最近几个星期的痛苦之后感到精疲力竭。
• Conclusion: Safety lens of spectacles can protect the occurrence of ocular traumas. 结论：安全镜片可以预防眼镜碎片所致的眼外伤。 来自互联网

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 offender   

n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者

参考例句：

• They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
• The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。

5 unravel   

v.弄清楚（秘密）；拆开，解开，松开

参考例句：

• He was good with his hands and could unravel a knot or untangle yarn that others wouldn't even attempt.他的手很灵巧，其他人甚至都不敢尝试的一些难解的绳结或缠在一起的纱线，他都能解开。
• This is the attitude that led him to unravel a mystery that long puzzled Chinese historians.正是这种态度使他解决了长期以来使中国历史学家们大惑不解的谜。