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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to domestic violence:
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Cybersex trafficking, live streaming sexual abuse, webcam sex tourism/abuse or ICTs -facilitated sexual exploitation is a cybercrime involving sex trafficking and the live streaming of coerced sexual acts and/or rape on webcam.
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- ↑ Heggheim, Sander. "Jannicke gløymer aldri dagen då Stine Sofie vart drepen" . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ↑ Kristensen, Eivind. "Stine Sofies mamma mener Melgaard-kunst er ulovlig" . Retrieved 2 December 2013.
