In the Philippines, one in five children is a victim of sexual abuse and exploitation. Journalist and documentary maker Roel Nollet investigates with investigative journalist Peter Dupont, who went undercover for years to expose human trafficking networks. They follow young women who try to break the cycle of sexual violence.

"They call us survivors because we were saved, but I don't feel saved at all," says Charmae. Together with her sister Cherry, she is abused for years by a network of human traffickers in Iligan, Philippines. The family sells dozens of children for online abuse to customers in the United States, Asia and Europe.

After corona, the problem of online sexual abuse and exploitation has only grown. As many as one in five children in the Philippines is affected by it. At any given time of day, 750,000 people worldwide are looking for images of child abuse. Yet international interest in the problem is declining.

Together with his team, Peter Dupont got dozens of perpetrators behind bars - also from Belgium, but now he refuses to cooperate in rescue operations. For a long time, he believed that removing the girls from their situation was enough to 'save' them. The opposite turned out to be true. Children are removed from a devastating situation, but also lose their family and their social network.

In order to help the girls, Peter himself sets up an organization: the Underground Child Foundation. "Without the necessary guidance, they end up back in the situation from which they were rescued. I am certain that there are also a lot of girls in prison who either deserved no punishment at all or a smaller punishment", he believes. "Many of these girls have a past full of abuse behind them. And so you only solve the problem if you solve the poverty."

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