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| July 2022 | U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report found that the Chinese government decreased efforts to prevent trafficking, reducing activities to stop human trafficking from 2021 to 2022. |
| 2020 | Chinese government census revealed a significant gender imbalance, with males comprising 51.24% and females 47.76% of the population, indicating approximately 49.13 million more men than women in China. |
| June 22 2020 | The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 received royal assent, with provisions specifying that viewers of live-streamed child cybersex trafficking will receive the same penalties as those who directly manipulate and direct child sexual abuse. |
| June 16 2020 | Both houses of the Parliament of Australia enacted the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019, which strengthens legal responses to online sexual exploitation of children. |
| March 2020 | South Korean news agencies report details of the Nth room case, revealing at least 74 women and 16 minors were forced to perform 'sex shows' online for thousands of paying viewers using cryptocurrency. |
| 2019 | Park Jihyun first discovers the Nth room case, a significant cybersex trafficking incident in South Korea. |
| 2019 | Europe accounted for 14% of worldwide sexual exploitation, with a significant focus on trafficking minors, particularly foreign female children from Nigeria into the EU for sexual exploitation. |
| 2019 | Korea Future Initiative research reveals that approximately 15% of North Korean female refugees in China are sold into cybersex dens for global online exploitation. |
| 2019 | During the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines, women from Vietnam, China, and other countries were sex trafficked to Manila. |
| November 2019 | AUSTRAC filed legal action against Westpac Bank for over 23 million suspected violations of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006. |
| May 2019 | Australian Federal Police (AFP) uncovered numerous cases of Australians allegedly paying for and manipulating child sexual abuse. |
| 2018 | Global Threat Assessment revealed that Europe is a major center for Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC), with significant numbers of customers, traffickers, and victims originating from the region. |
| 2018 | Internet Watch Foundation's annual report highlighted that 79% (82,803 out of 105,047) of URLs containing child sexual abuse materials were hosted in Europe, with the Netherlands hosting 47% of this content. |
| 2018 | The Ministry of Public Security deployed 350,000 police officers to public schools to educate children about the risks of exploitation and human trafficking. |
| 2018 | LiveJasmin won Cam Site of the Year — Europe |
| September 2018 | Investigation concludes, exposing the extent of online sexual exploitation of North Korean victims through South Korean websites. |
| February 2018 | Investigation begins into South Korean websites promoting North Korean cybersex and pornography, revealing widespread online sexual exploitation. |
| 2017 | LiveJasmin won Adult Site of the Year — Live Cam (Europe) |
| 2016 | Queensland Police Service officers from Task Force Argos executed a federal search warrant on a 58-year-old Australian man who pleaded guilty to soliciting and sexually abusing two young children in the Philippines via Skype, making payments to their mother. The exploitation began when the children were two and seven years old and continued for nearly five years. |
| 2016 | LiveJasmin won Adult Site of the Year — Live Cam (Europe) |
| 2015 | LiveJasmin was nominated for Best Live Chat Website award |
| 2015 | LiveJasmin was nominated for Adult Site of the Year - Live Cam |
| 2014 | LiveJasmin won both Live Cam Site of the Year and Mobile Site of the Year |
| 2014 | LiveJasmin began television advertising, producing multiple TV commercials targeting the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards broadcast. However, CBS declined to air these commercials. |
| 2014 | LiveJasmin was nominated for Best Live Chat Website award |
| February 2014 | The United Nations Human Rights Council released a report highlighting systematic sexual trafficking of North Korean women in China, documenting that Han Chinese and ethnic Korean-Chinese men were primary customers, and that Chinese authorities were detaining and deporting trafficked victims. |
| 2013 | LiveJasmin expanded its corporate infrastructure to include Luxembourg, establishing a new base of operations alongside its existing Hungarian operations. |
| 2013 | LiveJasmin was nominated for Live Cam Site of the Year and won Mobile Site of the Year |
| 2013 | LiveJasmin won the Best Live Cam Site (International) award, marking a significant recognition in the online entertainment industry. |
| 2012 | LiveJasmin was nominated for Live Cam Site of the Year |
| 2011 | A brothel in Moscow serving only Chinese male clients, staffed with Chinese and Vietnamese prostitutes, was uncovered by police after advertising through coded messages in a Chinese language newspaper. |
| 2011 | LiveJasmin was nominated for Live Cam Site of the Year |
| 2010 | LiveJasmin won Live Video Chat of the Year award |
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