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Child sex tourism
When everything and anyone can be turned into a commodity, there is a greater chance for exploitation of vulnerable members of poor communities including children. More than one million children are sexually abused by tourists every year within the global child sex tourism industry. Although there are a number of organisations working on this issue, the numbers involved in child sex tourism are increasing. In Vietnam, a child's services can be sold for as little as £3 with the trafficking of child sex workers becoming increasingly popular.
Countries visited by child sex tourists:Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Eastern Europe, the Gambia, India, Kenya, the Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tobago , Venezuela, Vietnam. For more information on this subject go to www.ecpat.net
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