Child Sex Tourism in the Real and Virtual World
Shved OlhaECPAT International (End Child Prostitution, Pornography and
Trafficking)Materials - Ron O’Grady, Honorary President and
Patchareeboon Sakulpitakphon, ECPAT Program Officer
History of Sex tourism• As a global industry appeared in Asia
during Vietnam War, when USA troupes came to region (1961 till 1973 )
• At regular intervals battle-weary young men were sent to friendly neighboring countries to recover from the fighting. Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Thailand were the main destinations. The closest country was Thailand and it was also the most popular.
8.7 million US troops
Most military were aged 18 to 19 years. 61% of all casualties
were under the age of 20 years.
source: http://www.vhfcn.org/stat.html
Brothels, clubs, bars and massage salons
• For many local Thai it was like winning the lottery. Young Thai women flocked to Bangkok in their thousands to provide comfort and sexual experiences for the young soldiers. Many young girls made as much money in a single night as their parents had earned in a whole lifetime working in the rice fields of the north.
Every month 5 000 -10 000 soldiers arrived in
Bangkok
1990 – Chiangmai – first conference
Child sex tourism (CST) started in Asia
• Seamen and soldiers told and wrote letters about cheap sex to the whole world
• Children's sex tourism began to develop in parallel because of the imperfect legislation and child protection system
• Definition of CST was presented by Sabine
Brothel in Ranong
Burmese tribal girls. 102 small cubicles. Stench terrible.144 girls - 95 escorted back across border
Andrew late 30s from Sydney. Girl age 13 years
Opening of office in Bangkok in 1994
First President of ECPAT with Thai Minister
ECPAT - 20 YEARS OF ACTIVISM
1997 1999 2004
1996 – 2001 - 2008
2009 – 2010
ECPAT’s Mandate: Combating Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children [CSEC]
Child Sex Tourism (CST) and relation with CSEC
CST and Trafficking
CST and Child Pornography
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Child Sex Tourism (CST)
Origin
- Travel agency
- Tour operator
- Airline
- On-line booking agency
Between - Aeroplane- Bus- Train- Boat
Destination - Hotel, guesthouse,
rented apartment- Tour operator- Taxis, car-rental
companies- Bars, restaurants- Clubs
In the News…28 February 2012 - ThailandCourt sentenced a woman to 41 years for forcing her 3 girls [aged 8 , 9, 10 years] into prostitution with foreign men.July 2011 – Ukraine30 years old foreigner arrested for rape of two 13 years girlsAugust 2011 - UkraineA teacher from Crimea spreads on Internet for sale photos and video with naked boys. The resource has been focused on foreigners and took place on the Canadian server, that is closed for viewing in Ukraine and Russia. He also proposed to organize the real sex with chosen boys. One of the customer, 50 y.o. – UK citizen, lives in Australia came to Crimea and was arrested during photo session with boys. At the moment 5 victims age of 10-15 (started their “business” at 8 y.o) have been indentified
The first two organizations to recognize problem of child pornography
Child sex tourism online1. Saint Petersburg – 2004. Scandinavian people in Internet recommended where to find children in city(name of metro stations and addresses of parents)and how much to pay2. Ukraine - Promotion of prostitution through Skype andInternet (possible to find minors) –
research of La Strada Ukraine in 20113. In Nepal * 81 % of children answered that touristsphotographed their naked bodies or showed pornography4. Solicitation (grooming) of children by chats, video
online, pornography, Skype – everywhere5. Moldova – Italian man had contact and made child
porno through Skype - 2011
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Child sex tourism online6. Thailand – February 2012. ECPAT Internationalreceived a tip-off which resulted in the Royal Thai Policeshutting down an online paedophile website based outof Thailand. The website, known as Khon Rak Dekh,meaning 'Love Children' in Thai, was used by paedophilto share pornographic material of children, many ofwhom appeared to be as young as eight years old.Advice was shared between users on the best ways togain access to children in Thailand. The Royal ThaiPolice have launched an investigation to track down thewebsite's owner and are making efforts to rescue the children
Extraterritorial LegislationThere are currently 44 countries that have extraterritorial legislation to prosecute their nationals for sexual exploitation of a child in a foreign country
1. Algeria2. Andorra3. Australia4. Austria5. Belgium6. Bulgaria7. Canada8. Chile9. China10.Costa Rica11.Cyprus12.Denmark13.Ethiopia14.Finland
15.France16.Germany17.Iceland18.Indonesia19.Ireland20.Italy21.Japan22.Kyrgyzstan23.Laos24.Luxembourg25.Mauritius*26.Mexico27.Morocco28.Netherlands
29.New Zealand30.Norway31.Portugal32.Singapore33.Slovenia34.South Africa35.Spain36.Sudan37.Sweden38.Switzerland39.Taiwan40.Thailand41.Togo42.Ukraine
43.United Kingdom44.United States
(*) Addressing child trafficking only
Conclusions•The tourism industry and Internet technologies has an impact on the lives of children
•Their rights must be protected as stronger as quicker develop tourism and Internet technologies
•Cooperation of businesses, governmental institutions and NGOs can be very effective in prevention and protection
Thank you!
ECPAT International,
Bangkok, [email protected]
Shved Olha, [email protected]
Tel. +380 44 425 21 58 Kyiv
