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Geoff is sitting on a small, hard bed in a Cambodian brothel, his heart thumping fast.
He is 49 years old, a retired Australian diplomat with a wife and two grown-up children.
After a long, tense wait, a grinning teenaged boy opens the door and pushes in two young girls.
One says she is seven years old. The other is nine.
The younger one seems as nervous as Geoff, breathing heavily, as the boy explains exactly what she will do for $60.
Geoff sits back on the bed, a deliberately casual move, but it enables the top button on his shirt to point directly towards the girls’ faces.
Hidden within that button is a tiny video camera and microphone.
‘Drugged’
Authorities are warning about the dangers of child sex tourism
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Geoff, not his real name, is an undercover investigator wading through the depravity of Cambodia’s paedophile industry.
He works for an international organisation dedicated to fighting injustice.
“The adrenalin is always pumping,” he says, “no matter how many times you do it.”
More often that not, the girls are drugged.
One of them described it to Geoff as feeling “like you’re not really there.” Some get an injection before each client.
Geoff works mainly in the capital, Phnom Penh, walking along grimy, jostling streets.
In the city centre there are plenty of brothels popular with so-called sex tourists.
Many of the girls in them are obviously under 18, the age of consent here, but their clients either do not realise, or do not care.
But out in the suburbs are places like Svay Pak.
For years this narrow clutter of bars and coffee shops has hidden what many believe was the world’s top destination for paedophiles.
Geoff is well prepared.
He has his hidden camera, a can of pepper spray, a tracking device, and at least four assistants at close hand, ready to spring him if things turn ugly.
Many brothels are run by ruthless Vietnamese gangs.
Some are owned or protected by senior Cambodian police officers.
“The risks are real,” says Geoff. “My wife was concerned to start with, but she’s very supportive now.”
Undercover
Inside the brothel, Geoff is often trapped behind up to three sets of locked doors.
Only then are the children brought out and offered to him.
He talks, films, then uses one of half a dozen standard excuses to leave. “I’m just going to go and get a friend, and we’ll be back soon.”
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Sometimes the foreign tourists are only arrested when they get back to their own countries and confronted with Geoff’s footage
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Once he walked in on an elderly European man, raping an eight-year-old girl. “For like two seconds,” he says, “I just couldn’t move.
“I remember seeing his clothes hanging on a peg. I guess it’s lucky we’re not allowed to be armed. I could have…” his voice trails off.
Instead, Geoff stuck to his undercover role, and closed the door.
Outside, a few minutes later, he alerted the police, but the man slipped out through a back door.
Local involvement
It can be frustrating, Geoff admits, but there is the compensation of knowing that as a direct result of his work, seven foreign paedophiles have been arrested in the past year-and-a-half.
And today Svay Pak is pretty much closed down, although Geoff knows that the children and their handlers will simply have moved on somewhere else.
Sometimes the foreign tourists are only arrested when they get back to their own countries and are confronted with Geoff’s footage.
But the vast majority of cases involve Cambodians.
Moral dilemma
In February, Geoff gave evidence at a local trial in Phnom Penh. He co-operates closely, but secretly, with the Cambodian police.
The judge questioned three girls, aged 13 and 14, who had been rescued from a brothel.
They told their story, then asked the judge if they could stay and hear their abuser sentenced.
He got 15 years. “Not long enough,” the girls told Geoff.
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Most diplomats have privately accused the foreign group of doing more harm than good
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As you can imagine, Geoff’s work is rarely straightforward. There is corruption in the police force and there are other complications and ethical dilemmas about his job.
Say he asks a pimp to provide him with lots of girls or boys, is Geoff helping to rescue victims or could he be encouraging the brothel to go out and search for new children to corrupt?
Local involvement
A few months ago, another foreign group working to protect children from the sex industry organised a raid on a brothel.
It turned out the place was owned by a particularly powerful policeman.
A huge scandal followed and now everyone is jittery.
Most diplomats have privately accused the foreign group of doing more harm than good.
And Geoff complains that it now takes him many days, instead of hours, to get the police to authorise new raids.
But still he is busy.
When I called him yesterday he sounded elated. He had just finished another raid.
Three girls rescued, the youngest aged eleven. Two Vietnamese adults now in jail.
Geoff comes across as the solid, unflappable type. At weekends he plays rugby.
“After each operation,” he says, “I need to take a couple of deep breaths. But there is no psychological damage, at least nothing now.
“Someone has to do this job. I guess it might as well be me.”
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Scottish teachers have called for action to be taken to stop pupils “cyber bullying” school staff.
Some websites encourage pupils to submit anonymous “reviews” of their teachers’ performance.
The Scottish Secondary Teachers Association said the sites often hosted insulting comments that were left in an attempt to humiliate staff.
The union said all material should be monitored to ensure it was suitable before being made available to view.
The SSTA also called for video hosting sites like YouTube to crack down on pupils who post footage of teachers that has been filmed in class on mobile phones.
Huge upset
The US-based RateMyTeachers website carries comments about individual, named teachers.
Remarks left on the site have included: “I have heard awful rumours about that man” and “he is evil personified”.
Both YouTube and RateMyTeachers agree to delete material if they receive a complaint, but Ann Ballinger of the SSTA said it was often too late to prevent teachers being embarrassed.
Speaking ahead of the union’s annual congess which starts on Friday in Aviemore, Mrs Ballinger said: “They can be so destructive. They can damage a teacher’s professional life, damage their home life and they can cause huge upset to the teacher and their families.”
Mr Ballinger cited a recent example when the son of a male teacher read comments on the web questioning his father’s sexuality and accusing him of having inappropriate relationships with other members of staff.
Last month, teachers in England threatened to sue websites that allow pupils to post abuse and humiliating video clips and photographs of them on the internet.
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers said some of its members had considered leaving the profession because of the extreme distress the sites had caused them.
But Stuart Waiton, director of child rights organisation Generation Youth Issues, said teachers should learn to develop thick skins.
He added: “In the past, teachers would tell children that sticks and stones might break their bones but words will never harm them.
“Now it seems that teachers are acting like children who are easily offended by the gossip of school kids.
“If teachers are so chronically offended I would suggest they go and get another profession.”
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A video circulated among pupils at Hawick High in January showed the school’s new headteacher being punched in the face by a teenage boy.
Elswehere, footage appeared on YouTube of a pupil pulling down his teacher’s trousers in a classroom in Cumbernauld while his friends filmed it on a mobile phone.
A female teacher discovered that a photograph of her face had been superimposed on a naked body and circulated on the web.
Another teacher learned that a female pupil had posted lies about her sex life.
Photographs of teachers’ cleavage or underwear have also been made available to view on the internet.
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My boyfriend is leading a double life.
During daylight hours he holds down a respectable office job and makes complicated decisions. By night, he is a hardened soldier who spends his time planting bombs and capturing flags.
When he’s not doing that, he works as a scientist in the dangerous trouble spot known as City 17.
But this is no international man of mystery. Instead, he’s an online hero who gets his kicks on virtual battlefields.
Yes, my man is addicted to Halo 2 and Half-Life 2. And I am a games widow.
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Halo 2; Half-Life 2; Killzone; Getaway 2: Black Monday. So many pre-Christmas games releases, so little time. I should be grateful he doesn’t play GTA: San Andreas, he tells me. Or Need for Speed: Underground 2. Or indeed Fifa 2005. Yet.
Half-Life monologue
It wasn’t always like this. The living room hasn’t always been a mess of cables, controllers and consoles. He kept his other life on the PC in the spare room. But then along came consoles, the broadband connection and whole new worlds opened up online.
Assume the identity of Gordon Freeman in Half-Life 2
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Now he sits in front of the TV for hours at a time, while exhorting his clan-mates to “get in the cave!” or “back me up, we’re supposed to be a team”, or exchanging grunts with American teenagers.
Nor does it stop when he has prised himself away from the console. I am treated to monologues on the relative merits of his opponents (”useless”), or the “filmic” qualities of Half-Life 2.
I should point out that I know how easy it is to be seduced by the winking black box in the corner, having myself had an intense yet brief infatuation with games in the past.
We have reached a compromise of sorts, whereby he arranges gaming evenings with his friends only when I am out, and the rest of the time he plays only in short bursts.
But it looks like his obsession is here to stay.
I take scant consolation from knowing that I cannot be alone in my suffering.
With big-name games selling by the bucketload in the run-up to Christmas, and the fact that thousands of people are signing up to broadband each week in the UK, the online gaming bug must be infecting many relationships.
At this point, there can be only one solution: if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Let’s get together and form a clan. We can call ourselves the Game Widows.
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My relationship of six years ended because of the PlayStation. When our son was born my partner spent all his time playing games. We never went to bed at the same time due to him staying up as he wanted just to get to a certain level. He slept during the day due to being up all night and I was left holding the baby literally. Our relationship ended and he admits now it was down to the PlayStation. I am happy now and have a new partner who does not own a games console. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Melissa,
Blackpool, UK
My husband suffers a terrible addiction to EverQuest. He even has withdrawal symptoms when we’re on holiday, slackened only by finding an internet connection to check on the status of his fellow players. He plays at least eight hours a day, not coming to bed until 3am most mornings. I’ve become so accustomed to seeing only the back of his head, that I am shocked when I see his face. I’ll sign up to the Games Widow clan!
Patricia, UK
What about the game widowers? My wife is addicted to patience type card games and Tetris. This is not a recent 3D technological phenomenon
Nick, UK/Swiss
I am a gamer and love to play cyber soldier. My significant other doesn’t play games at all but understands that this is something I enjoy. There is no reason why I can’t play video games for hours at a time as long as I spend the same energy and attention on her later. A little understanding in both directions goes a long way.
Veebs, UK
All these articles about “my boyfriend” “my husband” etc, it works both ways, it’s not just men. Worst thing or best thing I ever done was to introduce my wife to the world of computers and games, I never see her any more. Every waking moment she is playing games. Its not just men there is a large growing number of women gamers on and offline.
Paul, UK
My boyfriend used to have a PS2 until it was stolen in a burglary. He used to play every now and then but I often ended up going to bed alone, waiting for him to stop playing. Now he intends on buying anther one for himself, solely to play GTA: San Andreas. I gave him a simple option: “Buy a new console, get yourself a new girlfriend.” I think he got the point.
Sophie, Paris, France
I think if it wasn’t games it would be football, or the pub. At least you know where he is and what he’s doing, sounds a bit invasive when it’s in your living room, though! Hopefully you’ve also got other interests and you can spend some time together as well.
James Bradbury, Chippenham, UK
I was with a gamer for years and in the end there was only one solution, he got dumped.
Katie, Bournemouth, England
My boyfriend and I play consoles together. We buy games that two people can play, or take turns. It’s a hobby that we both share and enjoy.
Megan,
UK
My husband is a huge PC games fan. After a little while trying to compete with the games I gave in, and joined in. We now have an affordable hobby that we can do together, and meet new people. And we have met a lot of very nice people, a number of which came to our wedding. Gaming isn’t all bad!
Sarah, UK
I’m a gaming addict, I’ll admit, a fussy one though! It does put a strain on the relationship, and I know I am at fault for spending hours in front of a game, but I’ve not found many two-player games that aren’t repetitive thus extending their replay value. Ones that we would both enjoy.
Richard, UK
My wife and previous girlfriends have made me watch endless fictional stories for hours each night - soap operas, to spend “quality time together”. I still do, but now I have my own hobby and she can join in the gaming if she wants to.
Adam, UK
I have to admit this article made me chuckle. Despite being a hardcore gamer, I always have time for my girlfriend. Ok so when Half-Life 2 came out I spend 19 hours over two days just playing without much contact with my girlfriend but we agreed we would have a nice weekend after Half Life 2 was completed.
John Wilson, UK
I have been an online gamer for several years now; a virtual soldier in America’s Army. It cost me a relationship that I wish I hadn’t lost and it made me realise that I had accomplished very little during that time. In retrospect I think that just a few hours a week away from my PC and with my former girlfriend instead would have been enough to save our relationship.
It’s not all bad though, the friends I’ve made through my online experience are great. Most of us have stopped playing games now, but we still keep in touch despite living in three different countries.
David, England
Since I met my partner I’ve been a Megadrive, Saturn, N64, Playstation, PC and Xbox widow!I’ve even recently had to wrestle one of those retro 5000 games in one pad things out of his hands. But the way I see it is I can still see him, I know that he’s safe and not drunk in a gutter somewhere, and in the past we’ve even found one or two games in common. I guess that it’s mainly women that are moaning about it, but ladies please remember the times that we banned our other halves from breathing when watching our soaps, Sex In The City, Friends, or in my case Buffy. They suffer too. Or at least that’s what he tries to tell me!
Trish, England
People think I’m a ‘console widow’ but I’m not, I actively encourage my husband with his gaming to the disbelief of many! When the Xbox came out, I was first in queue to get him one, and I’ve got him an Xbox Crystal for this Christmas because it just looks so cool doesn’t it? I pre-ordered him Halo2 in a limited box edition set and he travelled into work with me on the morning of release to pick it up and go home and play it! I organise Xbox evenings for him and I put on food for him and his mates so that they have a great evening. But , I’ve always been into games myself, so this is why I’m probably like this unlike all of my friends who think I’m mad.
I just understand perhaps the sudden necessary bursts of gaming that have to be done when a new game comes out, and it also means I get a great lie-in at the weekend because my husband and step-daughter sneak downstairs early to get a barrel load of gaming in before I get up. I do make him watch some dire television though and he doesn’t grumble. In fact he was quite happily watching Strictly Come Dancing Xmas final last night with actually enjoying it!
Patricia, UK
My girlfriend must be very lucky, I don’t watch football and certainly don’t play computer games. I stopped when I left my teenage years. There are so many exciting, healthy things to do, alone or together. And no we never waste our days off shopping or anything mundane like that. People should try enjoying there homes, partners, friends and family more. Then again when people are playing computer games, the cycle paths, hills, mountains etc are just that little bit quieter.
Chris, UK
I’m a hardened PC gamer, and admit that sometimes it gets in the way of RL (or Real Life) but in my opinion gaming is much better for you then just sitting in front of the telly watching inane game shows, soaps and sitcoms. At least I interact with the people I play with, and all the while I learn more about the technology used in the games and systems we use, which can be used in other areas, employment for example. Surely that’s better then wondering who is sleeping with whom or what the next ‘hilarious’ catchphrase from some comedy is!
Luke, London, UK
I love computer games and am a self-confessed games addict but would never let it come in the way of a relationship. Unless, of course, my partner was very boring. I think the ‘widows’ should be taking some responsibility here and try and amuse us once in a while. Yes, I am single.
Sarge, Birmingham, UK
Ah, so I am not alone then? Me and my husband have separate lives, he’s always in bed hours after me due to gaming. Even on holiday he had to go to the internet cafe every day to play. I don’t let it bother me, I’m not even that interested in the TV, never mind a computer game! Just remember they could be up to a lot worse!
Mags, UK
I have a gaming addict husband and whilst he tends to organise nights and specific gaming times, it does seem as though he is waiting for any slight lapse of my consciousness/attention to leap across the lounge and flick the switch on the Xbox. A slight closing of tired eyes late at night or even just getting up and going to the loo and I return to find him with the console gripped in his palm and headphones strapped to his head. He’ll then say in such an innocent voice; “Oh I thought you’d gone to bed!” However I can’t complain too much, I’d rather be married to a gaming addict than most other addicts I can think of!
Jen, England
It wasn’t until the introduction of online gaming that my husband constantly kept his back turned to me and our young son for up to 10 hours a day, seven days a week. I can understand how you can be obsessed with gaming, I loved gaming for a little while myself, but now I don’t have time. My husband and I did share a lot of interests before out son was born. Now I’m left holding the baby whilst he battles it out on Eve Online, often going to bed at 3am. A bit of time to remember he’s a dad as well as a husband would be the nice, just to show us he’s not turned into some deaf, selfish Elf at Christmas!
Andrea,
England
My fiance plays computer games quite a lot especially since the Xbox live was activated in our area but like someone else said if it wasn’t gaming then it could be the pub or gambling etc. At the end of the day it’s only a hobby and I have hobbies too. It makes him happy and that should be the most important thing.
Sarah Wilson, United Kingdom
I like watching my other half play on his Xbox, it helps him relax after a hard day at work and its usually better than watching some rubbish on TV. He turns it off when we eat dinner and it never keeps him up all night because it has a ’save’ feature.
Anne, Notts, UK
I couldn’t help but laugh after reading your games widow article. I too have suffered the loss of a partner to that evil black box in the corner of the room. I’ve witnessed my usually lovely bloke turn into a cross-eyed twitching warrior and tripped over many a console cable in the process. One day I decided enough was enough and thought “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” In came broadband, Xbox Live and seriously, it turned out not so bad. Those evenings of the pre-menstrual kind are now whiled away screaming abuse at some American at the other end of the line and killing aliens and bugs in the most unsavoury manor. Great once a month but only in small doses. I’d still take a bath and box of choccies any day.
Sarah, Surrey, UK
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