Topic: Child Abuse Crimes
Child Prostitution Widespread in Jamaica
August 2, 2002 ·
An ILO study on the worst forms of child labour in Jamaica has unearthed a disturbing practice of widespread prostitution by children, some as young as 10 years old, in six of the island’s 14 parishes. While the study did not state definitively how many children were involved in prostitution, the researchers said they consulted […]
Read More...AFRUCA Concerned over the Trafficking of African Children to the UK
August 1, 2002 ·
Anecdotal evidence suggests that increasingly African children are being brought into the UK as sources of cheap labour to work in the home and look after children, the Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA) shared. Children are brought in either by individuals or syndicates using false travel documents. They work long hours, are badly remunerated […]
Read More...UK and Irish police raid homes
July 1, 2002 ·
Operation Magenta (UK) The biggest ever operation against paedophiles who use the Internet was carried out recently when police simultaneously raided 75 homes across the country. Operation Magenta was the result of a six month investigation focussing on those using chat rooms to advertise and trade in child abuse images. Police believe that many of […]
Read More...CHILD PROSTITUTION 'GROWING PROBLEM'
April 20, 2002 ·
Wellington — New Zealand has a growing problem with child prostitution, trafficking, and pornography, according to a Justice Ministry report. This followed reports last year that girls as young as 11 were selling sex on Auckland streets, and a warning by a family law barrister in January that child pornography was reaching alarming levels. The […]
Read More...Smokers Addiction Enslave Children
April 20, 2002 ·
The tobacco industry, growers and trade unions have jointly launched a joint initiative to address the problem of child labour in tobacco growing. Supported by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Eliminate Child Labour in Tobacco (ECLT) Foundation was officially launched in Geneva. British American Tobacco, is one of the three founding members of ECLT […]
Read More...Sport Players Enjoy Life on Backs of Child Workers
April 20, 2002 ·
Uluberia, West Bengal, India — The sheer exploitation of child labour is apparent when one visits Rajapur, a nondescript place in Uluberia, Howrah, where nearly one fifth of the children are employed to prepare shuttlecocks. They get meagre amounts in lieu of their hard work. Three to four new shuttlecock factories are coming up here […]
Read More...Austria Aids East Africa To Rehabilitate Child Prostitutes
April 14, 2002 ·
Tanzania is one of four Anglophone countries picked by the ILO to implement its good practice interventions to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Others include Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. The Austrian government is supporting the initiatives. Implementation of the project will reinforce the country’s efforts in rehabilitating children rescued from serious forms of […]
Read More...REGION TO ESTABLISH CHILD TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION IN 2004
April 14, 2002 ·
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 countries […]
Read More...SEX TRAFFICKING OCCURS VIA INFORMAL NETWORKS, ILO, UNDP SAY
April 14, 2002 ·
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
April 14, 2002 ·
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 […]
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