Sex trafficking growing in S.E.Asia

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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5722826&cKey=1114521622000

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Human rights activists called on Southeast Asian governments on Tuesday to crack down on sex tourism and child trafficking, saying the problem was becoming more rampant.

Experts and rights workers said more women and children in Southeast Asia were being trafficked to feed the appetite of sex tourists. snip

Girls from the villages of Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines are lured into cities or neighbouring countries with promises of lucrative jobs as waitresses and domestic helpers, only to end up in massage parlours and karaoke bars.

Others are flown as far as Australia, Japan, South Africa and the United States to be kept as slaves in brothels -- beaten, drugged, starved or raped in the first days of their reclusion to intimidate and prepare them for clients, the experts say.

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[Mari333]

1. anyone know the whereabouts of Neil Bush?

[MountainLaurel]

2. Damn Mari, you beat me to it!

Wonder what Neil's friend Papa Ratzi thinks about those hookers just showing up in his room?

[KlatooBNikto]

3. You mean Papa Ratzi did not accompany Neil on his "factfinding" trips?

[callous taoboy]

4. This makes my blood boil-

What is this country doing about the sex trade industry? What kind of twisted mentality could do this to another human being, let alone an innocent child? This world continues on a downward spiral.