A presentation was given yesterday by the NGO Asociación Protect, in a press conference at the Hotel Meliá Madrid Princesa. The objective was to introduce this association, which was created with the objective of pursuing and reporting the sexual abuse of minors by foreigners in places where child sex tourism has focused its activities. 
 
Participating in the press conference were:

 Risto Mejide, the renowned and respected publicist, who has worked with Protect and is the face of the association.

• Toñi Moreno, journalist, presenter and director of the documentary “Podría ser tu hijo” (I could be your son), an investigative report made with the Protect team.

• Andrés Torres, Chairman of Protect.

• Seila Samleang, Director of Protect's Project in Cambodia.

• Tim Hourn, Protect investigator in Cambodia.

During the press conference, Risto Mejide showed the reports that he filmed in Cambodia with Protect, in which we see him interviewing pedophiles and their victims in the foster homes that Protect helps to support. We also see him giving out over a thousand t-shirts printed with the slogan "I could be your son” or "I could be your daughter" to children in a campaign to raise awareness among the population and trailing the streets of Cambodia with Protect's team of investigators.
 
Risto spoke of the responsibility that he felt as a "famous person" to be like a television in which to reflect the problems that some people would otherwise not see. He said that he felt like “the focus that makes you look at the problem and show the reality of what is happening in other countries”. He heaped praise on the chairman of the organization, Andrés Torres, and thanked him for giving him the chance to work with Protect, not just in terms of his image, but also being part of the "I could be your son" campaign with his PR firm AFTERSHARE.TV.
 
The journalist Toñi Moreno presented the investigative report “Podría ser tu hijo” which was aired that night on TV station A3 in a special debate program.
The report shows images of the street children of Cambodia who live in destitution, work in the streets and are victims of sexual abuse by foreign pedophiles.
Toñi Moreno, together with the Protect team, investigates, follows and reports these pedophiles and shows previously unseen footage of arrests of pedophiles by police and the pornographic materials seized.
 
Toñi said "for me, as a journalist, the hardest part was not filming the documentary, despite the complications, but having to see the footage and the photographs that the pedophiles took while abusing their victims".
 
Andrés Torres, Protect's Chairman, talked about the need to create Protect 5 years ago in order to help in the fight for the respect and protection of the rights of children. He also thanked Risto Mejide and Toñi Moreno for their work with Protect.
 
Seila Samleang, Director of Protect's Project in Cambodia, gave a report of what Protect has achieved over the last five years, including the arrest of over 70 pedophiles, 36 of whom have been convicted.
 
Tim Hourn, an investigator for Protect, explained that the most serious problem encountered during the investigations is how to carry them out without being suspected by the pedophile. And once the investigation is underway, having to see and listen to things with no power to do anything to stop them until enough evidence is collected.
 
Attending the press conference were representatives from different forms of media, who then reported on the organization's work.
 
Photo: Participants of the press conference: Risto Mejide; on his left, Andrés Torres, President of the Association; Toñi Moreno, journalist; and Seila Samleang and Tim Hourn, who run Protect in Cambodia.