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The question being asked this week is, ‘In an attempt to put an end to the child sex trade, should law enforcement in countries where this trade flourishes concentrate efforts on the child-sex tourist or those who run the child-sex tourism industry’. Interesting topic, as it leads to the question, which perpetrator has the biggest impact. By taking out one, does it make a more drastic dent in this awful industry?

Let’s first take a look at the definition of both terms and then dive into their individual impact on this crime.

Child Sex Tourist: Can be defined as an individual that travels from their home, region or home country in order to seek out sexual contact with children. Generally this type of offender may use the transportation and other accommodations organized by a sex tourism related service.

Child Sex Tourism Industry: Service that accommodates the travel and sexual exploitation of children world-wide. This kind of industry leader, works as a liaison for the offender to conduct this kind of criminal activity, while remaining quite inconspicuous. In exchange the service would charge a fee, weather its cash, clothing, food or anything of value that is sought after in exchange for the child.

(www.ECPAT.Org)

Both entities in my opinion are the worst kind of offenders and generally prey on children from varying underprivileged backgrounds and or poor geographic locations. The saddest part is that this crime is growing and expanding right under societies noses.

The really hard part is being able to pinpoint these offenders, due to using skilled third party companies to accommodate these crimes, it’s almost impossible to identify who the offender is, and generally it’s too late to catch the person before they strike again.

A large population of children used in sex tourism come from poor home lives, they may have suffered abuse from their parents or even thrown to the streets to survive. These children are then preyed upon by the sex tourism industry.

In my opinion, I believe if the resources need to be used to make the largest impact on the industry, they should focus on the industry leaders to start with. Here is my reasoning, those that are fostering the accommodations, travel, and delivery of children, with the objective of sexual abuse, are the ones making the biggest impact. How you might think? Because they are allowing and fostering the predators that are hurting these children to fly under the radar, and conduct this disgusting crime behind the scenes. Without the individuals that run this industry, the perpetrators would not have the ability to hide nearly as well as they do now. Take away the accommodations, the travel, the secrecy, and those criminals will be easier to spot and catch.

Also, once the heads of the sex tourism industry are found, law enforcement can use them to potentially rat out the actual perpetrators. With the right investigative tools, once these individuals are apprehended, the doors will be more open to find the rest. You have to think there has to be a paper-trail and or other identifying data attached the industry leader and those that use their services.

It’s similar to arresting a drug dealer and using that individual Intel to capture drug users. When the heat is out on the industry leaders, there is a good chance that law enforcement will be led to the perps and those arrest and prosecution can begin.

Every year over a million children are exploited in the global sex trade. (State.gov) at this rate, law enforcement cannot afford to not going after the leaders of this booming business. Former President Bush said, “There’s a special evil in the abuse and exploitation of the most innocent and vulnerable. The victims of sex trade see little of life, before they see the worst of life- an underground of brutality and a lonely fear.

Resources:

EPCAT International (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) www.ecpat.org

The Facts About Child Sex Tourism, Fact Sheet, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Washington, DC (August 19, 2005) https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/tip/rls/fs/2005/5135...



Forum response 2

According to the United States Department of State (2017), child sex trafficking occurs “when a child (under 18 years of age) is recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, patronized, solicited, or maintained to perform a commercial sex act” (Pg. 17). The United Nations has defined the practice as “the recruitment, harboring, and transportation of humans with force or threats for exploitation” (Cecchet & Thoburn, 2014, Pg. 2). The most recent data suggests that 20.9 million people are enslaved throughout the world (Cecchet & Thoburn, 2014).

According to Pittaro & Normore (2016) victims come from a “variety of backgrounds reported that their predicaments began with aspirations for a better life and a lack of options to fulfill them. By exploiting these realities, traffickers appear to offer solutions—a job, a brighter future, a home, a sense of belonging, or even love. They prey on their victims’ hope and abuse their trust and confidence, coercing them into using themselves as collateral for an opportunity (Pg. 3).

Due to the size and scope of sex trafficking it will require global communication and cooperation among law enforcement leaders. To combat this modern-day form of slavery we would best be served by concentrating our efforts towards the child-sex industry. By focusing most if the attention on the sex tourists themselves we will only be addressing the problem and not source. One could argue that by eliminating the tourists you would eliminate the need for it. However, much like the “war on drugs” the focus should be on the provider more than the user. As long as the supply exists it will continue to feed the need. Additionally, by dealing with the industry itself we are able to deal with the victims themselves instead of simply one offender(s) at a time. It is in this practice that makes it so vital. Having the ability to provide services to the victims, not only gets them out of the trade but provides the opportunity to keep them out.

It is pointed out by Cecchet, & Thoburn (2014) that “This is illustrated by the fact that every country’s role in the sex trafficking industry is directly related to local and global economic environments, the country’s poverty and employment rates, level of human development, and per capita income” (Pg. 2). This is a particular problem for women in those countries that are involved in exporting as they are “more likely to experience economic vulnerability due to a deficit in sustainable career options and a lack of educational opportunities” (Cecchet & Thoburn, 2014, Pg. 2). The economy is a driving force for this problem due to the poverty of the country and the tourism which brings in money. By dealing directly with this issue, perhaps sanctions or limiting the influx of tourists, countries heavily involved may step up and begin to take more responsibility in ending this problem.

A strategy that has come into use and has proven itself promising is the collaboration of both law enforcement agencies and community groups, such as non-profit groups (Cecchet, & Thoburn 2014). By having both parties involved increases the possibility of success because what one party cannot do the other can.

Cecchet, S. J., & Thoburn, J. W. (2014). The psychological experience of child and adolescent sex trafficking in the United States: Trauma and resilience in survivors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 6(5), 482-493. doi:10.1037/a0035763

Pittaro, M., & Normore, A. (2016). International Efforts by Police Leadership to Combat Human Trafficking.

United States Department of State. (2017, June). Trafficking in persons report – 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017, fromhttps://www.state.gov/documents/organization/271339.pdf

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Response 1 to Forum post
The sex tourism trade of minors from less privileged areas to sex predators is rampant. The
writer in response one has talked about enforcing the law and I think this should be really
implemented whereby each child under the age of 18 years should have a clear reason of
traveling from one place to another. Also the routes suspected to be used in transporting the
minors should be properly censored and tight security installed to reduce this activity.
The writer also says that it is hard to identify the people that are involved in the transport of the
children but in my opinion I think that if proper laws are put in place, it will be easier to deal
with them. In the sex tourism trade prone areas, all the foreigners that enter the countries and
travel out ...


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