Online sites 'trading' images of girls as young as 14

Campaigners seeking to make image-based sexual assault a criminal offence

The practice has been identified in a number of forums, which allow users to swap, and share these images freely. File picture: PA

Irish girls as young as 14 are being targeted by online forums which share pictures of image-based sexual assault.

The practice has been identified in a number of forums, which allow users to swap and share these images freely. The pictures often show the women, or in some cases, minors, naked or in sexual settings.