(Victim/offender characteristics) The average age of victims is 13.9 years old, 91.5% of them are women, and 33.7% of perpetrators are “people encountered through internet chatting, etc.”

(Digital sex crime damage) Increasing damages of victims from their sexually explicit images being taken through threats of distributing video of digital sex crime and inducements or threats

ㅇ Punishment for producing deepfakes that combine a victim’s face with pornographic images also increased from 1 case in 2019 to 14 cases in 2022.

(Strengthening punishment) The rate of imprisonment sentences has increased compared to 2017. For example, the average prison sentence for sexual exploitation of children and adolescents has gradually gotten harsher from 24.1 months in 2017 to 48.0 months in 2022.