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Department of State Washington File: Excerpt: State Dept. Links Sex Tourism, Human Trafficking in Thailand
Excerpt: State Dept. Links Sex Tourism, Human Trafficking in Thailand ... Widespread sex tourism in Thailand encourages trafficking for prostitution, says the 2003 Trafficking in Persons Report released by the State Department June 11. ... Thailand is a source, transit and destination country for persons trafficked into sexual exploitation and forced labor. Economic disparity in the region helps to drive significant illegal migration into Thailand from its neighbors, presenting traffickers opportunities to move victims into labor exploitation and, particularly women and children, into prostitution. International trafficking victims come mainly from Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and China. Many victims are from stateless ethnic tribes in Northern Thailand and the surrounding region. Widespread sex tourism in Thailand encourages trafficking for prostitution. Thai victims -- and others sometimes transiting through Thailand -- are trafficked to Australia, South Africa, Japan, Taiwan, Europe and North America mainly for sexual exploitation; many go willingly and are later victimized by traffickers. ... [Read More]
Washington HyperFile - East Asia Edition
United States Getting Tougher on Child Sex Tourism ... [Read More]
Washington HyperFile - East Asia/Pacific Edition
415 ILO Meetings Examine September 11 Impact on Tourism and Aviation ... (UN report estimates 9 million jobs affected in tourism) (980) ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Global Effort Grows To Protect Children from Sex Crimes
Over the last five years, there has been an increase in the prosecution of child sex tourism offenses. At least 32 countries have extraterritorial laws that allow the prosecution of their citizens for CST crimes committed abroad. In response to the phenomenon of CST, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the tourism industry, and governments have begun to address the issue. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) established a task force to combat CST. The WTO, the NGO End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), and Nordic tour operators created a global Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism in 1999. As of March 2005, 68 travel companies from 18 countries had signed the code (see http://www.thecode.org/). Many governments have taken commendable steps to combat child sex tourism. For example, France's Ministry of Education and travel industry representatives, developed guidelin ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: United States Getting Tougher on Child Sex Tourism
The PROTECT Act, signed into law by President Bush on April 30, 2003, removed legal barriers that had limited prosecution of those who travel to foreign countries to engage in the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. The law also enhanced the criminal penalties for child sex tourism and gave federal law enforcement new authorities to investigate these crimes. ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - The November 19 indictment of a San Diego man on charges that he traveled to the Philippines to engage in sex with boys marked the tenth child sex tourism arrest brought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since the passage of the PROTECT Act in 2003. Only three such cases had been made in the ten years prior to the passage of the act. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Fact Sheet: U.S. Plans Effort at U.N. to End Child Sex Trafficking
-- Secured a commitment from the travel and tourism industry to develop a Code of Conduct to Prevent the Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism. ... TO END CHILD SEX TOURISM: FIGHTING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ... Child sex tourism involves adult tourists sexually exploiting minors abroad, preying upon the most defenseless among us. It is a horrendous and shameful assault on the dignity and rights of children and is a form of violence and child abuse. ... [Read More]
Visas to the U.S.
Most Australians traveling on business or tourism for less than 90 days do not require a visa. For information regarding visa-free travel, see the details of the Visa Waiver Program. ... [Read More]
Virtual Consulate of the U.S. Adelaide Australia
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