{"id":7801,"date":"2023-07-06T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childrescue.org.nz\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2023-07-07T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T22:23:00","slug":"an-agent-reflects-on-rescuing-a-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childrescue.org.nz\/blog\/an-agent-reflects-on-rescuing-a-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"An Agent Reflects on Rescuing a Toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"
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James recalled the tension in the air while waiting hours to meet with a human trafficker. But it wasn\u2019t the inherent danger that the rescue agent feared the most or even the natural anxiety that comes with meeting a criminal face to face.<\/span><\/h5>\n
James\u2019s biggest fear was that the perpetrator wouldn\u2019t show up at all.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Befriending a monster<\/span><\/h2>\n
It all began when Destiny Rescue’s (an organisation whose rescue work in the Philippines, Nepal, Cambodia and Thailand Child Rescue helps fund) team in the Philippines was contacted for help with a case. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Filipino equivalent of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, wanted Destiny Rescue’s help with what turned out to be Destiny Rescue’s first experience with <\/span>OSEC<\/span><\/a>, or internet-based child exploitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n