Topic: Sex Tourism
TWO U.S. TRAVEL AGENCY OWNERS IN ILLEGAL TRADE
February 26, 2000 ·
TWO Americans who are allegedly behind the operation of so-called sex tours in the country were banned from entering the country, the Bureau of Immigration said yesterday.
Read More...Japan Targets Child Sex Trade
February 2, 2000 ·
TOKYO — Naked girl still beckon from the magazines read with nonchalant aplomb by salarymen headed home from the office on the crowded subways.
But Japan is hoping a new law on pornography and child prostitution will help it shed its image as one of the most licentious capitals in Asia.
Read More...Lim Renews Crackdown vs Sex Trade
January 26, 2000 ·
Published in The Manila Times (January 26, 2000) INTERIOR and Local Government Secretary Alfredo Lim yesterday ordered a renewed crackdown against prostitution syndicates responsible for fielding sex workers in Metro Manila. Lim directed Philippine National Police National Capital Region Police Office (PNP-NCRPO) director Edgardo Aglipay to launch a “no-nonsense” crackdown by arresting those responsible for […]
Read More...US TROOPS IN ANGELES CITY
January 25, 2000 ·
ANGELES CITY-Fearing an outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases, this city’s lone woman councilor has urged restricted activities of 2,000 American troops participating in military exercises with Filipino soldiers.
Read More...Sex Tour Crackdown Urged
January 24, 2000 ·
SENATOR Loren Legarda yesterday urged the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to crack down on the Philippine agents, of a New York firm which a US congresswoman and a feminist group earlier accused of running sex tours in the Philippines and Thailand.
Read More...Sex Tour Crackdown Urged
January 24, 2000 ·
Published in The Manila Times (January 24, 2000) SENATOR Loren Legarda yesterday urged the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to crack down on the Philippine agents, of a New York firm which a US congresswoman and a feminist group earlier accused of running sex tours in the […]
Read More...Unicef Child Sex Trafficking Must End
January 23, 2000 ·
NATIONS must fight the greed and brutal disregard for human rights which underpin the worldwide trafficking in children and women, most often for sexual exploitation, according to United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Executive Director Carol Bellamy.
Read More...Coersion the Key Element Behind Trafficking
September 1, 1999 ·
Internationally, there is no consensus on the term “trafficking”. In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly came near to a comprehensive definition in its stipulation that “trafficking” is the “illicit and clandestine movement of persons across national and international borders, largely from developing countries and some countries with economies in transition, with the end goal of forcing women and girl children into sexually or economically oppressive and exploitative situations for the profit of recruiters, traffickers, crime syndicates, as well as other illegal activities related to trafficking, such as forced domestic labour, false marriages, clandestine employment and false adoption.”
Read More...Virgin Girl Brides Sought for Virility and Good Fortune
September 1, 1999 ·
In regard to Vietnam, the situation of trafficking of women and children within and from the country relates to three areas. First, there is trafficking from the northern part of Vietnam to China for marriage andother reasons. Second, there is trafficking from the southern part to Cambodia and subsequently to Thailand mainly for sexual purposes.
Read More...Serving Affluent Businessmen and Visitors
September 1, 1999 ·
With regard to China, the phenomenon of trafficking is a growing concern. In a UNICEFbacked situation analysis of children and women in China in 1992, it was noted that “occasional abduction of womenandchildrenhasbeenreported to still occur in some rural areas, prompting widespread education against”the practice and special legislation with severe punishment of individuals who abduct or kidnap women or children.”
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