The Supreme Court sustained the conviction of a child pornographer who sexually abused and exploited her six-year-old niece in 2016. Associate Justice Mario Lopez wrote the decision and found Luisa Pineda guilty for violating anti-child pornography and cybercrime prevention laws.  The SC imposed a 30-year jail sentence on Pineda and a P2-million fine. She was also ordered to pay her niece P300,000 in civil damages. Pineda was earlier convicted by a regional trial court, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.   Pineda was arrested when the anti-trafficking division of the Philippine National Police (PNP) conducted a surveillance on her house upon receiving information from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  Armed with a search warrant, authorities seized from her house a computer set and mobile phone with nude photos of her niece. Two other minors were also rescued by the police and turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). According to the niece, she was left to her aunt’s care when her parents separated. Investigations showed that Pineda coerced her niece to participate in the creation of nude photos and videos, which she then sells online.  Pineda tried to appeal her case citing provisions in other related laws, but the Court denied it. “The Court found all the elements of child pornography under RA (Republic Act) 9775 present in Pineda’s case,” the Supreme Court said.