KOCHI: Commercial sexual activities are increasingly moving from offline to online. And the trend is noticed even in Kerala, where internet is being used for recruitment of girls and soliciting of customers with traffickers becoming faceless and payments done online, shows a study conducted by a Goa -based NGO Anyay Rahit Zindagi (Arz) that works with commercial sex workers The study, “Internet- based Commercial Sexual Activity in India” shows that among the 1645 websites studied 19 were related to Kochi. These websites have spread to most known cities in India, with majority in Delhi, followed by Lucknow and Mumbai. The study also showed there are Locanto site advertises for CSA in smaller towns of Kerala. On in-depth analysis shows that majority of the sites have been hosted by US, Netherland and India.Confirming this, Kerala police’s High Tech Cell CI Srikant said, “There are escorting sites in Kerala that uses local numbers. We along with Kerala police’s Cyber Dome keep a watch on such sites to trace local numbers and addresses. On an average we come across 2 to 3 cases that is referred to the local police to register case”.Kerala police sources admitted that the often it is difficult to catch the main perpetrators of the online CSA. “They are really hi-tech in their approach and they always do a complete check on the customer before finalising the deal to ensure that they are not easily caught,” said a police official.“Kerala which is one of the major tourist destination needs to get dedicated (full time), unit and expert to act against online commercial sexual activities. Any delay in this front may lead to significant increase, which in future will be unmanageable. At the national level, there is a need to review our existing laws, as it is unable to address the online commercial sexual activities,” said Arun Pandey from Arz.