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��DANGER LURKS AND LAYS WHERE OUR CHILDREN PLAY

�� DANGER LURKS AND LAYS WHERE OUR CHILDREN PLAY

Amy was a very attractive, curious and confident young lady who always felt that she could handle any and all situations that she encountered in her young life with a pretty smile… a wink or a few captivating words… That is until the day she was faced with a situation that she was ill prepared to handle and all the smiles, winks and words in the world couldn’t help her to escape because she didn’t “Look…Listen and Learn”. Only time would tell if she would be lucky enough to live!

On a sunny day at Suvarnabhumi Airport’s international arrivals terminal, a smartly dressed businessman was about to start a chain of events that would result in a ton of trouble… lots of lessons, and serious warnings! This story may or may not be based upon real events…but it’s warnings, and the lessons are certainly real and serious!

Good morning

sir, passport and reason for visiting Thailand?

Just visiting as a tourist for a few

weeks

Hereyou go sir, everything

seems to be in order… have a nice stay in

Thailand Mr. James

Hey Gus, I’m here! I

hope you have everything

lined up, I’m ready to get

things going!

Meanwhile at Pasanusornbangkae Commercial School, students are beginning the 2nd day of their L.E.A.P. Safely online/offline safety course.

Listen carefully class, the safety information

you’re about to learn could save your

life one day!

Unfortunately, not all students waited around long enough to hear these

words!


On a sunny day at Suvarnabhumi Airport’s international arrivals terminal, a smartly dressed businessman was about to start a chain of events that would result in a ton of trouble… lots of lessons, and serious warnings! This story may or may not be based upon real events…but it’s warnings, and the lessons are certainly real and serious!

Good morning

sir, passport and reason for visiting Thailand?

Just visiting as a tourist for a few

weeks

Hereyou go sir, everything

seems to be in order… have a nice stay in

Thailand Mr. James

Hey Gus, I’m here! I

hope you have everything

lined up, I’m ready to get

things going!

Meanwhile at Pasanusornbangkae Commercial School, students are beginning the 2nd day of their L.E.A.P. Safely online/offline safety course.

Listen carefully class, the safety information

you’re about to learn could save your

life one day!

Unfortunately, not all students waited around long enough to hear these

words!

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4 unsuspecting students, who

skipped the class, are about to find

out just how important online/

offline safety courses really are!

I’m glad we skipped the safety course…

What can some dumb seminar teach us about online/offline safety that we

don’t already know anyways!

I can’t wait to see Zach.

Have you ever even seen

Zach… what if he’s a perv or

just some lying weirdo??


Whoooo…. maybe he’s the

bogeyman… I’ve got to leave guys, I have an errand

to run.

So where are you going… maybe we

can keep you company?

Thanks, but I’m Okay, I just have a few personal things to do.

Sometimes it’s good that we spend time apart anyways, I see you guys

so much as it is.

Don’t make a face like that… She’s a big girl now,

she’ll be Okay!!

The light changes to yellow and Amy hurries across the street ahead

of her friends.Ok, see you

guys later, and stay out of

trouble.

Some things are never OK, didn’t you learn anything yesterday

in safety class??? We should have just stayed

in class today!! Hey! Amy,

wait up!


Dominick feels that

something just isn’t right….

Why don’t we just spy on her? I know where

PlaNet is and I’m curious what that

guy looks like anyways!

Maybe he has a cute friend with him for

me… good idea guys!

Meanwhile at PlaNetInternet café.

Wow! Are you Amy?? I’m Zach’s

father, Zach’s running a little late, he had to finish his homework

before coming. Yes, I am sir.


Nice to meet you

sir, no problem, I can wait.

Why don’t you just sit here and

relax, I’ve already broughtyou a

cold drink.

Amy picked up the glass that was placed in front of her…

Meanwhile, outsideHey, there’s Amy, but where’s

Zach? And who’s that

old bald guy?Is he Zach?

Naww,can’t be… can it???

I don’t think so, maybe he’s Zach’s dad??

Thank you for being so

patient. Zach told us so much about

you. Are you just coming from

school?

I just sneaked out from a boring

activity at school about online and offline safety. I

already know all that stuff anyway!

Well,I’m sure

he’ll be here any minute

now.

What’s the matter, Amy? Are you Okay?

I don’t know. I’m….


Amy! Amy! Are you okay?

Hey! What’s

happening to

her?!?

Honey! Can you come right now? Amy seems to be very ill….

Hurry!!

Amy, come

with me, I’ll take

you to the doctor.

Hey…What’s he doing… where’s

he taking Amy?!?

Mr. James quickly takes Amy out the back exit to the alleyway…

Hey! What

should we do?

Let’s just think… Don’t panic! Ok… I’m trying to remember what we learned in

the L.E.A.P safety seminar yesterday!!!

Meanwhile, Mr. James’

vehicle quickly speeds up the

back alley to the Internet shop.

Hurry up you idiot! I told you to keep the engine

running and stay by the

door!


Hey, there they

go in that van!!!

STOP… STOP!!!

I think I can make out

part of their license plate number…

it’s ภษ xxxx something…

that’s all I could read!

I’ll go and get the

bag she left inside,

maybe Amy has Zach’s contact info

inside!

You guys call 911 and try to find the police

or someone that can help us…

HURRY!!

You go and call 911… I’ll go and look for a Police Officer!

Hey there’s a Policeman…. Stop! Stop!

Help us please!


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Officer, our friend has been kidnapped by some very bad

men!!

It just happened a few minutes

ago. We got the partial license

plate number of their van!!

I got her school bag…

So you kids witnessed the

abduction?? Can you provide me

with a description of the kidnappers

and their vehicle??

PLEASE HELP US

OFFICER!!

I will help you, but you have to stay calm and

tell me everything that happened!! Try to stick to the details….


The kids quickly tell the Officer

everything that happened!

And then they threw her into a van and

drove off! The van’s license plate is ภษ xx something… that’s

all I could read!

I need one of you, call CRN and get the message out, while I issue a city-wide

police alert to locate the van.

OK, we have a CRN station at our school. I’ll call them

now!!

The only way to find that van in time is to send out an urgent message over the

Community Radio Network!

Yes, it was a green van with a partial

license plate of ภษ xx something….

The Community Radio Network is

a city-wide network of schools, businesses, groups, and organizations

interconnected through an online

radio network.

It was two men, we think! One was an old

bald Farang guy, but we didn’t really get a good

look at the driver!

OK, that’s enough information to get out the alert, you kids did well! Hold the line.

It’s getting dark as the van pulls up to a house at

the end of an alley several kilometers

away. The bad guys carry Amy into the house.

Don’t worry boss, I was moving so

fast, no one could keep up with us!

Are you sure that you weren’t

followed? If we get

caught here in Thailand we’re

finished!


Wake up little girl! I want to see your pretty little face while we have some fun

together!

I’ll be right back... you had better be up and

ready!

How can I get out

of here… why didn’t I

stay in school today?

Hey, good girl… you’re finally awake.

Come on little lady…it’s time to have some fun! You sneaked out of that boring safety seminar to see me! If you had stayed in class, this might not

be happening!

Leave me alone….. please don’t hurt me!!!

I want to go home!!!

Freeze right there!!! Now

step away from the girl!!!

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She wanted it! She even skipped

school to meet me today! I’m

innocent! I didn’t do any thing to

her that she didn’t ask for!

You were very lucky young lady, can you tell us what happened?

Is that the guy who abducted

you?

Yes, that’s the man who drugged me and

brought me to this house! Then he tried

to rape me!Thanks for rescuing me! How could you know that I was in

danger??? And how did you find me so

quickly???

The real thanks goes to your 3 friends and

the Community Radio Network at your school, they’re the real heroes!

Oh,Amy!

Mommy!!!! I am so sorry I was a bad girl

and didn’t listen to you or my teachers!

I will never do it again!!! I have

really learned my lesson this time!!

So what are you waiting for, I’m sure

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Hey Detective, there’s some real

bad stuff here on this computer...but many

of the files have been encrypted and I can’t

access them!

Don’t worry, my top computer experts

will be here shortly. I’m quite confident

that they’ll be able to access whatever’s on

that hard drive!

Did you guys really think you were going to just come to Thailand and

harm our kids? We know how to deal with your

kind of scum!!

Whatever dude... You may have

caught us, but our network

is too big and strong to be stopped!!

We’ll see about that! Something

tells me that everything we need is right here on your

computer! Let’s see if I’m

right!

“Just then, there’s a knock at the door”Hey Detective Siraporn, I hear we have a really

bad situation here...where’s the

computer with the encrypted files on it?

I’m in... and I can’t believe what we’ve found names, addresses,

times, dates, places, pictures,

videos... everything we’ll need to bring the entire network

down!!

We need to get in contact with Interpol immediately! They

can round up the rest of this pedophile

network before word gets out that we’re

on to them!

It’s over there on the table. We need to get access to the files fast,

because I think this is just the tip of a very

large iceberg!

Here’s a flash drive containing

all the information we’ve found on their hard-drive Detective...we

need to get this to Interpol ASAP!

Working together with Interpol, the Thai Police smashed a major international pedophile ring! The next day, back at the Pasanusornbangkae

Commercial School

Well class, we have a very lucky young lady here

who would like to say something to

you all…Amy!

Thank you Mr. Chanarong, I didn’t

take the L.E.A.P. Safety course seriously, and it almost cost me my

life yesterday… Don’t make the same mistake I did!

Thank you Amy, I’m sure that after hearing what you

just went through, every student, not just at our school,

but throughout Thailand, will take online/offline

safety much more seriously. Because the next person may

not be as lucky as you...


Working together with Interpol, the Thai Police smashed a major international pedophile ring! The next day, back at the Pasanusornbangkae

Commercial School

Well class, we have a very lucky young lady here

who would like to say something to

you all…Amy!

Thank you Mr. Chanarong, I didn’t

take the L.E.A.P. Safety course seriously, and it almost cost me my

life yesterday… Don’t make the same mistake I did!

Thank you Amy, I’m sure that after hearing what you

just went through, every student, not just at our school,

but throughout Thailand, will take online/offline

safety much more seriously. Because the next person may

not be as lucky as you...


Children are becoming bolder and putting themselves in danger by secretly meeting people they have met online, a Government report has found.

Children today are three times more likely to meet up with a stranger than they would have been just two or three years ago, according to the findings of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) in its strategic overview of 2006 to 2007.

In its research, based on a sample of 6,000 children aged between 11 and 16, the organization found that a quarter had met someone face-to-face after first contacting them online. This figure is three times higher than that found in a similar study carried out by the organization two years ago.

Of those children who met up with a stranger, over a quarter did not take anyone with them. Of the three quarters who did along take someone with them, four fifths took another child friend, which the organization said “put them both in danger”. Only six per cent took a parent, and two per cent took a trusted adult.

The CEOP told Computeractive that the growth in children meeting with people offline had “probably come from the explosion in social networking sites over the past few years” and the fact that children spent a lot more time online.

A representative for the organization said: “There is far more user generated content around now than there was two or three years ago and children are utilizing Web 2.0

a lot more”. She added that online activities such as using podcasting tools and posting user generated content online weren’t as popular two years ago.

However, she also said that these sites and tools were “not solely or necessarily” to blame for the increase in unsafe behavior:

“Pedophiles go anywhere children go and are constantly using new technologies to interact with and groom children. They may meet these children on a social networking site but could then take them into private chat rooms where they can continue to groom them without the screening they would find on a site.”

John Carr, secretary of the Children’s Charities Coalition for Internet Safety, described the results as “astonishing and alarming”, but agreed that social networking sites were not to blame.

“If you ask the police they will say that their main concern is still instant messaging as a child is on their own and can be more easily groomed,” he told Computeractive.

His views were backed up by the CEOP’s 2006 reporting figures, which showed that it received more than 1,400 reports from children saying that they had been groomed online. Of these, two out of three said that it happened in chatrooms or when using instant messaging.

Since then the organization has worked with companies such as Microsoft, which makes the popular Windows Live! Messenger software, to put in place a symbol that can

ONE IN FOuR CHILDREN

GO OFFLINE TO MEET

ONlINE ‘FRIENDS!’Children sneaking out to visit online “friends”


be clicked if a child feels uncomfortable. This takes them straight to the CEOP reporting site where they can cut and paste the conversation for CEOP trained staff to investigate and, if necessary, trace the person in question.

The organization has now said that it wants this tool to be more visible on every site and is calling on the internet industry to help them make reporting easier. It feels that this will not only help to children keep safe, but also act as “deterrent” against pedophiles.

“We need to educate children on the availability of this logo and need these sites to help us do it. If it becomes widespread and is visible to pedophiles then they might think twice about entering these sites to groom children” said the CEOP representative.

Children are also advised by the organization to refrain from putting too much personal information online.

Parents concerned about their children’s online behavior are also advised by the CEOP to visit its education website, which offers a range of hints and tips to keep children safe online. This includes sitting down with the child to discuss the dangers of meeting people online and finding out who they are talking to.

Source: Andrea-Marie Vassou, Computeractive 31 Aug 2007

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