Lerato Mbhiza
THE South African Police Services arrested three alleged online child sex predators in a joint operation by the South African Police Service and the USA Department of Homeland Security.
One of the men posed as a teenager to lure underage girls to a chat group, where child pornography was distributed and shared amongst the other two suspects.
All three suspects were arrested in the Western Cape.
This brings to seven the number of online child sex predators that have been arrested since November. From the previous four arrests – one was from KwaZulu-Natal while three were from Gauteng.
The police’s spokesperson Athlenda Mathe confirmed one of the three men taken into custody in the Western Cape is accused of posing as a teenager to lure underage girls to a chat group.
“The first suspect, a 53-year-old man was arrested last Wednesday. He has so far been found with
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