Pornography (often abbreviated to porn or porno in informal language) is the portrayal of sexual subject

matter for the purpose of sexual arousal. Pornography may be presented in a variety of media,
including books, magazines, postcards, photographs, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound
recording, writing, film, video, and video games. The term applies to the depiction of the act rather than
the act itself, and so does not include live exhibitions like sex shows and striptease. The primary subjects
of pornographic depictions are pornographic models, who pose for still photographs, and pornographic
actors or porn stars, who perform in pornographic films. If dramatic skills are not involved, a performer in
a porn film may also be called a model.

Various groups within society have considered depictions of a sexual nature immoral, addictive, and
noxious, labeling them pornographic, and attempting to have them suppressed under obscenity and other
laws, with varying degrees of success. Such works have also often been subject to censorship and other
legal restraints to publication, display, or possession. Such grounds, and even the definition of
pornography, have differed in various historical, cultural, and national contexts. [1]

Social attitudes towards the discussion and presentation of sexuality have become more tolerant and
legal definitions of obscenity have become more limited, notably beginning in 1969 with Blue
Movie by Andy Warhol, the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in
the United States, and the subsequent Golden Age of Porn,[2][3][4]leading to an industry for
the production and consumption of pornography in the latter half of the 20th century. The introduction
of home video and the Internet saw a boom in the worldwide porn industry that generates billions of
dollars annually. Commercialized pornography accounts for over US$2.5 billion in the United States
alone,[5] including the production of various media and associated products and services.
This industry employs thousands of performers along with support and production staff. It is also followed
by dedicated industry publications and trade groups as well as the mainstream press, private
organizations (watchdog groups), government agencies, and political organizations.[6] More recently, sites
such as Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn have served as repositories for home-made or semi-
professional pornography, made available free by its creators (who could be called exhibitionists). It has
presented a significant challenge to the commercial pornographic film industry.

Irrespective of the legal or social view of pornography, it has been used in a number of contexts. It is
used, for example, at fertility clinics to stimulate sperm donors. Some couples use pornography at times
for variety and to create a sexual interest or as part of foreplay. There is also some evidence that
pornography can be used to treat voyeurism.

COMPUTER CRIME

Alternatively referred to as cyber crime, e-crime, electronic crime, or hi-tech crime. Computer

crime is an act performed by a knowledgeable computer user, sometimes referred to as a hacker that

illegally browses or steals a company's or individual's private information. In some cases, this person or

group of individuals may be malicious and destroy or otherwise corrupt the computer or data files.

INTERNET CRIME
Internet crime is any crime or illegal online activity committed on the Internet, through the Internet or using the
Internet. The widespread Internet crime phenomenon encompasses multiple global levels of legislation and oversight.
In the demanding and continuously changing IT field, security experts are committed to combating Internet crime
through preventative technologies, such as intrusion detection networks and packet sniffers.

Internet crime is a strong branch of cybercrime. Identity theft, Internet scams and cyberstalking are the primary types
of Internet crime. Because Internet crimes usually engage people from various geographic areas, finding and
penalizing guilty participants is complicated.

Filipino police officers kidnapped and killed a South Korean businessman

who went missing last year in Angeles City, Philippines, the South Korean
Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Three Filipino police officers and a former policeman were involved in the
kidnapping and murder of Ji Ick Joo, the Foreign Ministry said.

Philippine authorities sent their findings to Seoul on Monday.

According to results of the investigation given to the South Korean

government, Ji was strangled to death on the same day of his abduction.

The victim's remains were allegedly cremated in a crematorium operated by a

former police officer.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has invited for questioning the
workers of a funeral home where Ji's body was reportedly processed.

NBI assistant regional director Roel Bolivar confirmed on Tuesday night that Ji
is dead.

Bolivar said one of their reasons for saying the missing South Korean is dead
are photos from the funeral home that were shown to investigators.

He said NBI agents found Ji's ashes in the funeral parlor in Bagbagin,
Caloocan City.

The victim's remains were allegedly cremated on October 19, 2016, or a day
after Ji was kidnapped, the NBI said.

The kidnappers' leader allegedly ordered the cremation.

A businessman whose family sent ransom to alleged kidnappers hoping he was still alive was
killed by Philippine police the same day he went missing, according to South Korean Foreign
Ministry. Seoul authorities demand justice.

A gang of eight people, four Philippines police officers and one former policeman among them,
were involved in kidnapping a South Korean citizen Ji Ick-joo from his house last October,
according to the investigation, Seoul authorities revealed on Wednesday, AFP reported.

Jis wife reportedly sent the suspects a PHP 5 million ransom ($100,000) two weeks after he
was kidnapped in the city of Angeles, not far from Manila. However, according to the results of
investigation provided to the South Korean government by the Philippines National Bureau of
Investigation (NBI), the man in his 50s was already dead.

The businessman had been working in the Philippines since 2008 for a recruitment company,
according to local media. He was murdered the same or the next day he was seized, and his
body was burned to ashes in a crematorium, whose owner was a former police officer, a
member of the gang, a Seoul official told AFP.

On October 30, 12 days after Jis death, the abductors demanded a ransom of PHP 8 million
($161,000) from his wife, but the woman couldnt raise the whole amount, according to the
Philippine Daily Inquirer, which was first to report the news.

One of the police officers accused of the murder surrendered this week, national police
spokesman Dionardo Carlos told AFP. Two other officers who were with him under the pretense
of a drug raid are under investigation, all of them being from the Anti-Illegal Drugs Group. The
former officer suspected is believed to have fled to Canada, Carlos added.

It turned out it was an old modus operandi where bad cops claim there is a drug raid and turn it
into a kidnap for ransom, Carlos told AFP.
When Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay gave a call to South Korean Foreign
Minister Yun Byung-se to inform him about the murder, the latter demanded answers.

Minister Yun, expressing grave shock over the implication of Philippines police officers in the
case, asked that the Philippines government get to the bottom of the case and bring those
responsible to justice, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said, according to AFP.
There have been a long series of crimes in the Philippines involving South Korean nationals as
victims. Since 2012, nearly 50 South Koreans have been killed in the country, AFP reported.

The Philippines police is one of the nation's most corrupt institutions, according to a 2015 report
by the national ombudsman, as well as a 2013 survey by Transparency International.
Philippine cop held over 'kidnapped' South Korean

The South Korean businessman was allegedly abducted by a low-ranking police officer assigned in the
anti-illegal drugs unit of Angeles City

MANILA, Philippines A Philippine policeman assigned to the anti-illegal drugs unit has been detained
over the alleged kidnapping of a South Korean businessman who went missing nearly three months ago,
authorities said Tuesday, January 10.The businessman's wife reported the abduction to the police after he
disappeared from his home in the northern city of Angeles in October last year, they added."The
(Philippine National Police) chief has ordered the placing under restricted custody of the policeman
allegedly involved in the kidnapping of a Korean businessman," national police spokesman Senior
Superintendent Dionardo Carlos told AFP.Philippine police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said
on Monday, January 9, that the policeman alleged to have taken part in the abduction was a low-ranking
officer assigned to a special unit going after drug traffickers in Angeles.Police have asked the justice
department to file criminal charges against him, Dela Rosa said.However Dela Rosa did not give any
details as to whether the detained officer had given any information about the case. Police did not identify
the missing South Korean or the officer under investigation for alleged kidnapping.The South Korean
embassy in Manila told AFP it did not wish to comment on the case.The Philippine Daily Inquirer on
Monday quoted the missing man's wife as saying the abductors had kidnapped him in a bid to extort a
ransom.The wife said she had already paid five million pesos ($100,000) but the kidnappers wanted
another 4.5million pesos, according to the newspaper.The Philippine police force has a long history of
corruption.However, critics of President Rodrigo Duterte say he has emboldened corrupt officers with his
repeated pledges that he will shield all police from prosecution if they are charged with killing people in his
drug crackdown.About 5,700 people have died in Duterte's drug war since he took office in the middle of
last year."Now cops appear to have upped their game by venturing into kidnapping for ransom in the
name of the drug war," the Inquirer, which has reported critically on the crime crackdown, said in an
editorial on Tuesday.However Dela Rosa insisted he would not tolerate corrupt officers."We are not
condoning (the alleged kidnapping). If it's proven that he was responsible, he doesn't deserve any day in
this organisation," Dela Rosa said.

MANILA Philippine police kidnapped and murdered a South Korean businessman,

then led his wife to believe he was alive for months to extort money from her, authorities
said Wednesday.
The killing is the latest in a long series of criminal acts by members of the Philippine
police force, regarded as one of the nations most corrupt institutions, and has fueled
concerns about its role in enforcing President Rodrigo Dutertes deadly crime war.
The man disappeared from his home in the northern city of Angeles in October last year,
and his wife initially paid a ransom of 5 million pesos ($100,000), national police
spokesman Dionardo Carlos said.

However, the man was strangled to death and burned to ashes in a crematorium on the
day he was abducted, the South Korean foreign ministry said, citing a Philippine
government report.

The crematorium was owned by a former police officer, the foreign ministry said.

The South Korean government identified the man only by his surname of Ji and said he
was in his 50s. Philippine media said he was a businessman who had been working in
the Philippines since 2008 and had been working for a manpower company.

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se demanded answers after receiving a
phone call from Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay to inform him of the
murder.

Minister Yun, expressing grave shock over the implication of Philippine police officers
in the case, asked that the Philippine government get to the bottom of the case and bring
those responsible to justice, a foreign ministry spokesman said.

Ricky Santa Isabel, one of the officers accused of going to Jis house and abducting him,
surrendered this week, according to Carlos.

He said another two officers who went with him to the house were under investigation.

Carlos said a retired police officer was also believed to be involved but had fled to
Canada.

All three accused officers were from the Anti-Illegal Drugs Group, based at the national
police headquarters in Manila, according to Carlos.

He said that Santa Isabel and the other two officers went to Jis house on the pretext of a
drug raid.

The abductors demanded from Jis wife a ransom of 8 million pesos on Oct. 30, 12 days
after he was killed, according to the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper, which first
reported the news.

It said that she paid 5 million pesos, but the kidnappers then demanded another 4.5
million pesos and continued to say he was alive.

The case has drawn criticism from some lawmakers and media in the Philippines as an
example of corrupt policemen expanding their illegal activities after being given
freedoms by Duterte to prosecute his war on drugs.

Duterte has encouraged police to kill drug traffickers and addicts and has vowed to
shield them from prosecution.
Nearly 6,000 people have died in Dutertes drug war since he took office in the middle
of last year.

Carlos insisted the abduction of Ji was not related to Dutertes drug war, saying the
problem of kidnappings for ransom by corrupt police had existed for a long time.

It turned out it was an old modus operandi where bad cops claim there is a drug raid
and turn it into a kidnap for ransom, Carlos said.

The police force was among the most corrupt national agencies, according to a 2015
report from the national ombudsman.

A 2013 survey by anti-graft watchdog Transparency International also found that the
police force was perceived by Filipinos to be the Philippines most corrupt institution.

BRIBERY SCANDAL INVOLVING THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION OFFICER

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday reaffirmed his pledge to fight

corruption and announced that he has fired two deputy commissioners of the
Bureau of Immigration (BI) involved in a bribery scandal.
"I have directed the dismissal of the 2 deputy commissioners now tainted with
corruption," he said after arriving from a state visit in Singapore. "They will
face the full force of the law."
Also dismissed from service was the bureau's intelligence chief, retired police
general Charles Calima.
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"I give you my word: as president, I shall work tirelessly to assure all these
[campaign] promises become a reality," he added.
Hours before Duterte arrived in Davao City, the two BI deputy
commissioners--Al Argosino and Mike Robles--said they had tendered
their resignation effective immediately.
Both Argosino and Robles are fraternity brothers of Duterte in
San Beda College of Laws Lex Talionis Fraternitas, Inc..
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre earlier recommended the 2 officials'
termination due to loss of trust.
Aguirre has already designated officers-in-charge OICs to replace them.
Argosino and Robles are accused of extorting P50 million from businessman
Jack Lam in exchange for the release of around 600 Chinese employees
working in Lam's online gaming facility in Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino
in Clark, Pampanga.
MANILA, Philippines Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has sacked two intelligence officers of the
Bureau of Immigration (BI) linked to the alleged P50-million extortion case of Chinese casino mogul Jack
Lam.

This came as President Duterte warned anew yesterday that he would terminate Cabinet members who
are corrupt or whose departments are involved in anomalies under their watch.

In his arrival speech in Cambodia Tuesday night, Duterte vowed to stop corruption in government,
coupled with his intensified drive against crime and illegal drugs.

Corruption will stop, Duterte said. Wala akong papatawarin diyan, maski kaibigan (I will not spare
anyone, even my friends). It will stop. Sinabi ko talaga, maski kaming mga kaibigan, sinabi ko, Pagka
may nangyari diyan at under sa iyo (I really told them, even among us friends, I said, If anything happens
under your watch, Im sorry, maybe, even you would have to resign. Kasi yan ang pangako ko. Hindi
naman talaga ako yung honest, very honest. Pero matanda ba kasi ako (Because thats my promise. I
dont claim to be very honest, but Im old). Im 71. This is my last hurrah.

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The President did not say if he was alluding to Aguirre, who has under his department the BI, which is
now enmeshed in an extortion controversy.

In Manila, Aguirre informed acting BI intelligence division chief Charles Calima Jr. and technical assistant
for intelligence Edward Chan of their dismissal from their respective posts in separate letters, after their
names surfaced in the scandal.

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Please be informed that your co-terminous appointment in the Bureau of Immigration is hereby
terminated. As such, you are no longer required to report for work effective immediately, read Aguirres
orders.

The justice chief made the dismissal orders after also recommending to the President the dismissal of BI
Deputy Commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles, who admitted receiving P50 million from Lams
camp in what they claimed to be a covert investigation on the reported bribery for the release of 1,316
arrested illegal Chinese workers of Lams Fontana Resorts and Casino in Clark Field, Pampanga.

Both Argosino and Robles are fraternity brothers of Duterte and Aguirre in San Beda College of Laws Lex
Talionis.

Argosino and Robles surrendered P30 million in cash to the Department of Justice (DOJ) after 16 days of
keeping the money, claiming that the P18 million went to Calima and P2 million to retired police official
Wally Sombero, who acted as Lams middleman.

They earlier filed a 30-day leave of absence to allow the separate probes of the National Bureau of
Investigation and BI, but have been recommended dismissed by Aguirre.

The action was called for because of the gravity of the accusations. This will also prevent the parties
involved from interfering with the ongoing investigations, Aguirre said.

The DOJ chief said the NBI and BI probes would proceed to determine who is criminally liable for the
alleged extortion of Lam.
Argosino and Robles, however, denied the extortion charge and said they were conducting an
investigation and were just framed up during the incident last Nov. 27 at the City of Dreams Casino in
Paraaque City, which was caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera.

Aguirre said he learned about the incident from Sombero days before the two BI officials confided in him.

As per Sombero, the money was not for processing of the license of Lams casino, but for the release of
1,316 Chinese nationals arrested inside the casino last Nov. 24.

Lam has been blacklisted over the illegal casino operation and was ordered arrested by Duterte for
alleged bribery, economic sabotage and harboring illegal aliens.

P20-M bribe missing

Meanwhile, Aguirre revealed that the remaining P20 million from the P50 million received by Argosino and
Robles was still missing as of yesterday, as both Calima and Sombero have not surrendered any amount.

It was learned that after manual count by DOJ personnel, the P30 million cash surrendered by the BI
executives was short by P1,000.

Argosino and Robles earlier filed complaints for corruption of public officials and violation of anti-
wiretapping law against Lam, Sombero, Calima and Lams two Chinese interpreters before the
Paraaque City Prosecutors Office.

According to the complaint, Calima took P18 million from the P48 million supposedly to be shared with
Sombero, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, Chan and newspaper columnist Ramon Tulfo, who exposed
the alleged extortion on Dec. 10.

Argosino and Robles said they gave Calima P18 million on Dec. 9 after the latter told them that he knew
what happened in the City of Dreams and that Sombero has surreptitiously, secretly and maliciously
recorded his conversation with Argosino and Robles.

Sombero and Tulfo have both denied the allegation. Tulfo said he would file a libel case against Argosino
and Robles.

Dont be demoralized
This was what Commissioner Morente told BI personnel yesterday, amid the extortion controversy
involving two commissioners and two intelligence officers.

In a statement, the BI chief urged employees nationwide to continue performing their respective duties
efficiently despite the ongoing investigation on reported corruption among its officials.

Let not the developments of recent days derail us from the task at hand. We have a job to do, a job that
we must do well as one team, he appealed.

We must stay focused on our mandate, on delivering even better service to our citizens, our overseas
Filipino workers, our travelers, our foreign nationals, all who are counting on us to be efficient and
professional at all times. We must remain steadfast, defined by our oath of service and the higher goals of
security, border control and peace and order, Morente stressed.

The BI chief lamented how the controversy involving a Chinese casino mogul came in the middle of
reforms in the agency.
Together, we have made substantial moves to improve service efficiency, tighten border control and
address the challenge of corruption. In just a few months, we have been able to eliminate red tape by
reducing the number of processors and signatories, and modernizing the ACR i-Card System, he said.

Aguirre has said the BI has been home to many syndicates involved in corruption.

Meanwhile, Aguirre has designated Immigration Officer IV Jose Carlitos Licas as officer-in-charge
replacing Robles, while lawyer Estanislao Canta takes Argosinos post.

Spare Duterte the embarassment

Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez called on the two BI deputy commissioners to relinquish their posts the
soonest and spare the President the embarrassment.

I want to call their attention to just resign and spare the President the inconvenience and
embarrassment. They ought to voluntarily resign, he said in Filipino in a chance interview with reporters
after he was given a plaque Tuesday afternoon.

The Davao del Norte congressman pointed out that it is very hard for Argosino and Robles to deny that
they didnt accept the bribe money, as they were caught on video receiving the funds.

Facing reporters in a news conference arranged by Aguirre Tuesday, both denied they accepted P50
million in payoffs from Lam in exchange for the release of detained Chinese casino workers, who lacked
proper visas.

Argosino and Robles, both appointees of Duterte, claimed they were trying to entrap Lam, but the plan
backfired when they were caught literally holding the bag.

They decided to turn over P30 million to Aguirre for safekeeping.

No entrapment done
Meanwhile, Somberos lawyer said there was no entrapment operation done, as claimed by Robles and
Argosino, when they received money from Lam.

My client is a seasoned policeman, even a chief of the intelligence. He said if that was an entrapment,
why only involve two people? lawyer Ted Contacto said, stressing that many people would be involved in
such stings.

Also, if there was really an entrapment, why not call for reinforcement? he added.

Contacto said in the judicial affidavit that Sombero prepared, he confirmed that money changed hands
between Sombero and Argosino and Robles.

Sources privy to the case previously told The STAR that Robles and Argosino demanded P150 million
from Lam for them to release the 600 detained Chinese illegal immigrants, but this was reduced to P100
million.

Sombero also told in detail the P50-million payoff, half of what was agreed upon, to Robles and Argosino
between 2 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. of Nov. 27.
He was said to give two take-out bags containing P10 million each to Robles and Argosino at Erwins
Gastrobar on the upper ground floor of the City of Dreams in Paraaque City.

The remaining P30 million would arrive at 4:30 a.m., placed in three take-out bags and which Sombero
gave to Robles and Argosino at the Red Ginger restaurant, also on the casino-hotels upper ground level.

Sombero once again met with Robles and Argosino in a suite at Crown Towers Hotel, also in the City of
Dreams, on Nov. 30 to receive the other half of the money.

But the money never arrived, as Lam allegedly learned he might be duped and that the detained Chinese
illegal aliens would not be released.

Both payoffs on Nov. 27 were captured on CCTV cameras and were monitored by BIs intelligence unit,
the sources added.

Contacto clarified that only Argosino dictated the terms of the alleged transaction, according to
Somberos statement. With Christine Mendez, Delon Porcalla, Ghio Ong

The GlaxoSmithKline allegations have highlighted China's increasingly tight grip on international firms as
they vie for a foothold in the burgeoning Chinese consumer markets.

China-based divisions of international firms have found themselves in the sights of government
investigations. Last month the National Development and Reform Commission announced an
investigation into 60 pharmaceutical companies operating in China, including six internationals, among
them the US-based Merck, Japan's Astellas and Britain's GSK. The moves come as China attempts to shift
economic gear from an export-focused economy to one driven by domestic consumption.

GSK is alleged to have used a network of more than 700 middlemen and travel agencies in China to bribe
doctors and lawyers. The Chinese investigation stretches back to 2007 and involves deals worth 3bn yuan
(320m).

The European food packaging group Tetra Pak became the subject of an anti-trust investigation last
Friday. Earlier this month Beijing announced a pricing inquiry into firms that make powdered infant
formula. Western food conglomerates Nestl, Abbot and Mead Johnson agreed to reduce their formula
prices by up to 20% soon after the investigations were announced.

Imported formulas can sell in China for up to double the price charged elsewhere, as food safety scandals
have left consumers wary of domestic brands.

Some analysts suspect that China has selectively targeted foreign companies as a way to benefit domestic
brands. "The state is paying the bills for these drugs, so it wants to know what it's paying for," an
unnamed Chinese industry insider told Reuters. "China wants to bring down the prices of imported
medicine through these methods to protect its own companies."

The case highlights the risks for multinational companies of operating in developing markets where
corruption is the status quo.

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China's healthcare system is notoriously dogged by graft. Public hospitals frequently use drug sales to
compensate for insufficient government funding, and doctors supplement their meagre salaries with
kickbacks from pharmaceutical firms and patients. Regulators' year-old efforts to rein in malfeasance by
assembling drug price databases and checking hospital invoices have barely made a dent.
Smaller bribery cases in China are handled by commerce officials, but the GSK investigation is being led
by the country's security ministry, implying that potential punishments could be severe, Jerry Ling, a
Shanghai-based partner for law firm Jones Day who specialises in anti-bribery law, told Reuters.

China's pharmaceutical industry is expanding rapidly as rising middle-class consumers are increasingly
able to afford prescription drugs. The value of pharmaceutical sales in China surpassed 47bn in 2011,
according to official statistics. The country's total healthcare spending is projected to nearly triple to more
than 660bn by 2020.

As drug sales slow in the US and Europe, international firms such as GSK are rushing to gain a foothold in
emerging markets. GSK's sales in China reached almost 759m in 2012, a 17% rise over 2011 but still only
a tiny fraction of the firms's global revenue.