LONDON – A dramatic surge in the number of online child sex abuse images uncovered in Britain has stoked fears about the growing sexual exploitation and enslavement of children worldwide via technology, anti-slavery campaigners said on Monday.
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said it had received more than 82,000 referrals of child sex abuse images last year — up 700 percent from 2012.
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