June, 2001
'Sex Tourist Jailed for Abusing Girls of Seven'
June 19, 2001 ·
A “SEX tourist” who carried out attack on two very young girls in Cambodia was jailed for eight years yesterday.
Mark Towners, 52, a father of two, pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to 14 counts of abuse including sex with a girl under 13 after his wife told police of pictures she had found on his computer.
Read More...Bars are Front for Child Sex
June 6, 2001 ·
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 Tourism in Cambodia
June 5, 2001 ·
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...'Wonderland' Trials
June 4, 2001 ·
In 1998, 107 people were arrested in 12 countries following police raids on a child pornography and paedophile network operating via the Internet. Prospective members had to provide 10,000 sexually explicit images of children to belong to the network, known as the Wonderland Club. Three Australians who were involved in the Wonderland network have been […]
Read More...German Tourist Jailed for Three Years
June 3, 2001 ·
Cook Islands- Klaus Reimann, a 53 year-old German tourist, will spend the next three years in jail at Arorangi Prison. Chief Justice Laurie Greig handed down a one year sentence against Reimann for each of the two charges of indecent assault on two girls under the age of 12 in Altutaki (Cook Islands). Reimann was […]
Read More...Child Sex Tours
June 2, 2001 ·
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...PREDA NEWSLETTER April – June 2001
June 2, 2001 ·
Dear Friends and Supporters, We regret not having sent you updated news about the PREDA activities before now. It has been a hectic six months and we can only report some of the highlights here. If you need more details about anything in the newsletter, please write to us or send e-mail to [email protected]. Rescuing […]
Read More...Paedophiles in Goa
June 1, 2001 ·
Non- governmental organisations have claimed that there are at least 100 foreign paedophiles operating in Goa’s coastal areas. NGOs monitoring cases have expressed disappointment with the governmental insensitivity to the problem of child sex abuse. The incidence of cases involving the sexual abuse of minors is on the rise, yet government is lackadaisical in its […]
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