Sex Tourism: Addressing the Demand for Trafficking

House Committee on Financial Services ^ | 2000-2005 | EQUALITY

[cyborg]

Wow this is so sad.

[Calpernia]

This is a bit of background about what I was 'coughing' about here. Alot of the tours would leave New Orleans and NY to Thailand.

[Calpernia]

This is one of the points that Bush is addressing. This is the background on what he meant when he mentioned human trafficking in his SOTU address.

[LauraleeBraswell]

WHAT ABOUT LITTLE BOYS? IT's not only women and girls who are victimized and raped, it's boys too.

[Clemenza]

I'm willing to bet that at least a third of the tourism in the Dominican Republic is comprised of sex tourism. Even Jamaica considered emphasizing "adult tourism" until Manley put the kisbosh on that idea.

New Slogan: "Come IN Jamaica."

[Calpernia]

human trafficking ping

[Calpernia]

You are correct. This specific group, in this testimony, was only testifying their group focus.

[Calpernia]

adding in Argentine from a thread I was on with both of you.

[Clemenza]

Argentina's "sex tourism" is largely centered on the gay community.

[Gondring]

WHAT ABOUT LITTLE BOYS? IT's not only women and girls who are victimized and raped, it's boys too.

Bingo! Male genital mutilation is rampant in this country, at a much higher rate than FGM.

[Calpernia]

recently yes.

my reference to the thread I was on with you goes back to the 1920s.

But still is on the sex tour radar.

[cyborg]

Why is this in the SBR?

[Calpernia]

Backroom?

This is a topic from Bush's State of the Union address.

This is posted from http://financialservices.house.gov

This is an ongoing investigation with ICE

[Calpernia]

I don't know. I posted it to Front Page.

[Calpernia]

And I see Heated Discussion is on the keywords.

I didn't see any fighting here.

[cyborg]

weird

[Just mythoughts]

Thanks. Wonder how many tourists are in that southern port experiencing a churning this am? I did hear that there are a lot of tourists there with no way out.

[Calpernia]

Tourists there with no way out? What do you mean? How could they have no way out?

[Just mythoughts]

"Tourists there with no way out? What do you mean? How could they have no way out?"

That is a good question. This is what I heard on Fox regarding those who were left in the city, being housed in shelters. Not only were there locals but tourists who had no way out. I suppose could be they flew in and flights were not available to get out. I doubt pleasure ships will be leaving in the next couple of days.