World News
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...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...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 […]
Read More...Going overboard with 'Live Show'
April 13, 2001 ·
THE PROBLEM with Conrado de Quiros and other liberal writers is that they tend to go overboard when interpreting the much-abused principle of “suppression of freedom of expression.” Ultra-liberals dismiss the conservatives’ opposition to immorality in public entertainment as an invasion by moral terrorists. Their attacks become more acrimonious when the Christian churches condemn the […]
Read More...Carpet Slaves: Stolen Children Of India – A Film
April 7, 2001 ·
Cinemax’s latest Reel Life documentary, “The Carpet Slaves: Stolen Children of India”, is a film by British Filmmakers, Kate Blewett and Brian Woods that documents an extreme form of child slavery — carpet making in northern India. Carpet slaves tells the story of one man’s search for his missing son against the backdrop of intractable […]
Read More...COSTA RICAN CONGRESS DISALLOWED CHANGES TO A CURRENT LAW
April 6, 2001 ·
The Costa Rican Congress disallowed changes to a current law that would have allowed for telephone interventions in cases related to the production and distribution of child pornography, trafficking of children’s organs and the sexual exploitation of children. Costa Rica has been heavily criticised both by the United Nations and NGOs for the growing levels […]
Read More...Anti-Pimping Bill Gets Final House Approval – Georgia
April 5, 2001 ·
Legislation making it a felony to pimp children for sex move closer to final passage following unanimous approval in the House. The main bill, SB 33, sponsored by Sen. Donzella James (D-Atlanta), makes pimping any child 18 and younger a felony; sets prison sentences between five and 20 years and impose fines of $2,500 to […]
Read More...CHILD PORN BUSTERS
April 4, 2001 ·
No longer content with rescuing child prostitutes off the streets, child-rights groups in the Philippines have turned to fighting paedophiles in court. Their main aim is to make sure foreign paedophiles serve term in jail. So even if suspected paedophiles manage to win their criminal case, these groups are prepared to fight them in a […]
Read More...Japan Pushes For Ratification Of Ilo Treaty
April 3, 2001 ·
Japan is pushing to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s treaty banning the worst forms of child labour during its current session of Parliament, which would make it the 68th country to ratify the 1999 pact. The ILO treaty bans forced labour of children and prevents employers from using children for prostitution, the production of pornography […]
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