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PREDATOR | Inside South Africa’s Most Disturbing Child-Exploitation Case

PREDATOR | Inside South Africa’s Most Disturbing Child-Exploitation Case

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For over a decade, Gerhard Ackerman operated in plain sight — grooming, abusing, and trafficking young boys under the guise of mentorship and massage therapy.In this unflinching episode of Profiler Africa, Prof Gerard Labuschagne and Paul Llewellyn dissect the psychology behind one of South Africa’s most disturbing child-sex networks.They break down how a trusted man built a hidden empire of exploitation — and how systemic failures let it thrive for years.Inside this episode:🔸 The grooming process and psychological manipulation🔸 How chronic paedophilia is diagnosed and why it’s incurable🔸 Why South Africa’s child-protection systems keep missing predators🔸 The intersection of power, denial, and pathology in sexual offending🎧 Profiler Africa — where psychology meets the crime scene.#ProfilerAfrica #GerardLabuschagne #GerhardAckerman #TrueCrimeSouthAfrica #ForensicPsychology #ChildExploitation #Paedophile #Justice #SAPS #CriminalProfiling #Trafficking #SexualPredator #RealCrimeStories

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