Colombo Additional Magistrate Keminda Perera has ordered the Police Children & Women Bureau to launch investigations into the possession and sharing on the internet of explicit videos and pictures of underaged Sri Lankan children.
It is reported that the Court order was issued yesterday after the Magistrate had considered facts presented by the Police Children & Women Bureau claiming that the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the US had informed Sri Lankan authorities in this regard.
The court was informed that the NCMEC was an organization with members from 08 countries and has software that can detect explicit videos and pictures of underaged children of its member states being shared on the internet.
The Police Children & Women Bureau informed the court that it has received information on several parties in Sri Lanka looking to share such distorted and explicit videos and pictures on the internet.
Stating that the Police Children & Women Bureau has also received several complaints in this regard, the institution told the court that, however, they have been unable to find a victim as yet. (Newswire)
