May, 2011
AUSTRALIANS FEED CAMBODIAN CHILD SEX TRADE
May 12, 2011 ·
According to ECPAT Australia, hundreds of Australian men are flocking to Cambodia to have sex with girls and boys sold in brothels. In Cambodia, brothels openly thrive and sex with a girl aged 10 to 13 costs $30. Cambodian women’s affairs minister Mu Sochua told that corruption in the legal system and governmentindifference aggravated […]
Read More...Child Sex Trade is Still Growing
May 12, 2011 · By Jayne Atheton
by Jayne Atheton THE number of children being smuggled into Britain as sex slaves is growing. The UK is among the eight leading ‘receiver’ nations for the youngsters from Eastern Europe and Africa, according to two new reports. They estimate there are up to 10,000 children unaccompanied in Britain. Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway […]
Read More...REGION TO ESTABLISH CHILD TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION IN 2004
May 12, 2011 ·
Regional governments and partner organisations in West Africa agreed to ratify a convention against child trafficking in 2004. The agreement was reached after a three-day meeting on cross-border trafficking in Gabon’s capital, Libreville. Participants discussed a blueprint of the proposed regional agreement that highlighted prevention, identification, repatriation and reintegration of child victims into home […]
Read More...SEX TRAFFICKING OCCURS VIA INFORMAL NETWORKS, ILO, UNDP SAY
May 12, 2011 ·
Sex trafficking of children in Thailand is largely an industry run by small, informal networks, according to a new report from the ILO in co-ordination with the UN Development Program. It is mainly informal networks that are responsible for trafficking girls out of their villages, and sometimes girls are driven by boredom with village life […]
Read More...SOUTH AFRICA EMERGES AS KEY PLAYER IN CHILD TRAFFICKING
May 12, 2011 ·
South Africa is emerging as a key player in the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation, a parliamentary report has found. It found not only the gangs, brothel owners, syndicates and agents were involved but parents as well. At the Parliamentary Hearings on the Sexual Abuse of Children, it emerged that South Africa did […]
Read More...TRAFFICKING, RISKY JOBS COMMON, PHILIPPINE AGENCY SAYS
May 12, 2011 ·
South Africa is emerging as a key player in the trafficking of children for sexual exploitation, a parliamentary report has found. It found not only the gangs, brothel owners, syndicates and agents were involved but parents as well. At the Parliamentary Hearings on the Sexual Abuse of Children, it emerged that South Africa did not […]
Read More...Child Sex Tourism in Cambodia
May 12, 2011 ·
There is growing interest in Cambodia as a vacation destination, but Cambodia also is a destination for thousands of men from around the world seeking sex with children. As other developing countries such as Thailand make progress in reducing sex tourism, opportunistic men simply travel to poorer, less developed neighboring countries. As one of the […]
Read More...Bars are Front for Child Sex
May 12, 2011 ·
An Irish Columban missionary, who has bee nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to combat child prostitution in the Philippines, claim Irish bars could be involved in the sex tourism industry. Fr. Shay Cullen said most Filipino bars wer frequented by people offering the services of wome prostitutes and some used this […]
Read More...Child Sex Tours
May 12, 2011 ·
John Kosky (now known as Jonathon Kaye) has been arrested in Australia and charged with organising child sex tours to Asia. Kaye’s arrest marks the eleventh arrest under Australia’s 1994 Child Sex Tourism law. (Source: ECPAT Australia Newsletter No. 61)
Read More...UN Human Trafficking protocol endorsed
May 12, 2011 · By Sutthida Malikaew
by Sutthida Malikaew After long negotiations the United up with trafficking in persons, which was endorsed by UN member states in December 2000. However, there is still a lot of hard work left to do for NGOS. Negotiations were concluded on the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, […]
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