Action pour les enfants

Action pour les enfants is a child-protection and child-rights-based NGO. It has no religious or political affiliations and has a reputation for targeting "Western" child sex tourists, although its mission is to provide assistance and protection to vulnerable children and combat all forms of sexual abuse and exploitation. Since starting operations in 2003, APLE has assisted in the arrest of 200 alleged offenders. Topping the list of nationalities represented was Cambodian (65), followed by American (31), Vietnamese and French (19 each), and British (13). Japanese and Korean nationalities comprise only three and two arrests noted respectively.