[Morgana]

“Wealthy Americans booked vacations to destinations where their sexual appetite of choice, including children, could be easily purchased.”

Sexual perverts who really need one of these and leave the kids alone!

http://youtu.be/-Iqc5cyWZjs

[Ron C.]

This is nothing new at all. In the 1950's and early 60's when I visited foreign ports while serving in the US Navy, the streets crawled with prostitutes, which the Navy urged us to avoid like the plague itself. Most of us did avoid them, but a few did not - the stories of which ran the gamut from port to port.

The 'prostitutes' on the streets of most of those foreign ports were not members of any "global epidemic of sex trafficking" - they didn't have 'pimps,' nor were they considered criminals by their fellow citizens. Many, if not most, were looking for an American husband, and quite a few of them managed to attain exactly that - with the complete support of parents and friends of both bride and groom.

Yes there were professional prostitutes in some ports, many far more sophisticated than any American version. In 'Holland' (of those days) they were backed by government oversight and law that demanded far higher levels of sanitation than ever adopted in the US. Sailors in uniform were considered 'unfit' to engage.

[fabian]

o brother...