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Former sex slave seeks help as 4-year-old found in brothel
Mon Aug 3, 2009
By Belinda Goldsmith
CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - A former sex slave on Monday launched a global campaign against trafficking, saying the age of girls forced into prostitution keeps getting younger. (link to full article http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/08/former-sex-slave-seeks-help-as-4-year.html )
60,000 children in S-E Asian sex trade
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
ANN/AFP
DENPASAR, BALI - In a frightening statistic that is still creeping upwards, over 60,000 children in South-east Asia are being exploited in the multi-million-dollar world of sexual businesses and sex tourism, a seminar was told on Wednesday.
Startlingly, law enforcers at times hesitate to swoop in to the rescue because the child may be a family's sole source of income.
“The number falling victim to sexual abuse is increasing,” said Mr Frans van Dijk, regional director of Terre des Hommes Netherlands, a Dutch aid body focused on children. The countries most affected are Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.................................................................................................................read more