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Combating new forms of trafficking: Internet ushers sex predators into distant homes Cong Corrales March 13, 2026 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — In a densely populated urban poor neighborhood in Barangay Camaman-an here, privacy is a luxury few can afford. Houses stand so close together that neighbors usually know the daily routines of every household. Yet little attention is paid to the activities of a middle-aged woman and her 12-year-old niece inside a modest house whose front window is covered by a weathered tarpaulin from a political campaign three elections ago. Inside the cramped room, the floor is rough concrete, swept clean. There is little furniture. The most expensive item in the space is not a sofa or television, but a white prepaid home Wi-Fi router perched atop a plastic cabinet, its blinking green lights signaling a steady internet connection. In a community where daily life unfolds in plain sight, silence surrounds the parabolic antenna mounted on that roof. According to the wom...
