In recent years, the child sex industry has expanded across Asia. The situation is serious and it is ever-changing. There is a press-down-pop-up phenomenon: Even when the sexual exploitation is tackled effectively in one country, it may emerge insidiously in another country. Generally, there is a very big gap between policy and implementation. Because sex with children is illegal and clandestine, no-one knows for sure how many are involved. Three developments have led to this situation:
1. Greater demand for child sex from Asian men. They want those who have never had sex before and don’t have HIV.
2. Indifference among lawmakers and enforces. In most Asian countries, sex with a child under 16 years is a crime. So is employing anyone under 18 in the sex trade. However, we cannot point to a single country where prosecution of the traffickers has reduced the overall level of trafficking.
3. Widespread corruption. Criminals responsible for the traffic in Asian children routinely buy off police officers, judges and lawmakers. Some Asian men want sex with children, especially with the virgin ones, because they believe that it will bring them good health, long life, good luck and not infect them with HIV/AIDS. Three Ps and three Rs are the key elements in the fight against trafficking. The three Ps are prosecution, protection, and prevention; the three Rs are rescue, repatriation, and recovery.
-Nowadays, the things that we never thought we have to believe it now. Insufficient or inadequate laws, poor enforcement, ineffective penalties and minimal chances of prosecution all play a role in perpetuating trafficking. Trafficking is transnational and we need more cooperation in the region.
-Reader’s Digest, August 2007, page 74-80
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