May, 2011
Cambodia Cracks Down on Offenders
May 12, 2011 ·
On November 22 2000, Jon Keeler was sentenced to three years imprisonment in a Cambodian prison. British born Keeler, a Director of a Phnom Penh English school, had been caught taken pornographic films of young girls in a public park. On sentencing, Keeler shouted abuse, saying he had paid the judge and prosecutor for […]
Read More...Paedophile's Light Sentence Weakens Crackdown
May 12, 2011 ·
A provincial court handed former school headmaster Jon Keeler a relatively light sentence of three years – even though Cambodian law calls for 10 to 20 years in prison for the charge of debauchery with a minor. The sentence drew outrage from many child protection activists, who wanted a strong message from the courts. […]
Read More...Court Jails Seven for Sex Crimes
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in The Ecpat Newsletter (May 2000) Cuba: A court in eastern Cuba has sentenced five Cuban men and two women to jail terms of between three and 30 years for sex offenses involving schoolgirls. The seven were convicted by the court in Camaguey province of repeated crimes of “corruption of minors” and procuring. They […]
Read More...Anti-pedophile video aired
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in The Foreign Post (April 06 – 12, 2000) GENEVA – Swissair will show an anti-child-sex video on certain routes, the company announced last week. The video, produced by the zbritish group End of Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking (ECPAT) will be followed bya warning to Swiss citizens that any sexuall crimes committed abroad […]
Read More...Swiss Paedophile Sentenced to Jail
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in The ECPAT Switzerland (May 1999) The Criminal Court of Basle sentenced a 36 year old Swiss citizen to six years in jail on 9th June 1999. PM was convicted of having sexually abused at least 13 children in the Philippines between 1989 and 1996. This was the first extraterritorial trial in Basle, and […]
Read More...Photos Help in Paedophile's Conviction
May 12, 2011 ·
Published in The Nation (May 29, 1999) PERTH – A 45-year-old boiler-maker became the first Australian to be jailed for sexually abusing children overseas after being convicted on the basis of photographs brought back from a holiday in Cambodia. John Lee was found guilty of child pornography and child sex crimes committed on a holiday […]
Read More...UN Report Says Sex Trafficking a Big Concern
May 12, 2011 ·
The Straitstimes, Feb, 16, 2009 The Global Report on Trafficking in Persons said that 79 per cent of human trafficking consists of sexual exploitation of mostly women and girls. — PHOTO: DESMOND WEE UNITED NATIONS – A NEW report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Monday that sexual exploitation and forced […]
Read More...Sex slavery plagues Romania and Bulgaria
May 12, 2011 ·
By Justyna Pawlak Thu Dec 28, 3:18 PM ET 2006 BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Anca thought girls who spoke on television about being sold into sex slavery were paid to invent such stories to boost tv show ratings. That was until she answered a friend’s invitation to join her in Germany and work as a dishwasher […]
Read More...SAN FRANCISCO IS A MAJOR CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIME NETWORKS THAT SMUGGLE AND ENSLAVE
May 12, 2011 ·
San Francisco Chronicle Friday, October 6, 2006 Many of San Francisco’s Asian massage parlors — long an established part of the city’s sexually permissive culture — have degenerated into something much more sinister: international sex slave shops. Once limited to infamous locales such as Bombay and Bangkok, sex trafficking is now an $8 billion international […]
Read More...Human Trafficking and U.S. Military
May 12, 2011 ·
DoD Personnel Face Stricter Rules on Human Trafficking By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2006 – Harsher punishments for Defense Department personnel who participate in human trafficking or support the industry by patronizing prostitutes are part of a bill signed into law today by President Bush. “Human trafficking is […]
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