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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
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as prostitutes on Adelaide suburban streets and in brothels. A police operation targeting underage
prostitution has just been completed and a report submitted to the Mullighan inquiry into child sex abuse. The report includes details of a case in
which a man paid for sex with a 13-year-old boy. Business owners in one notorious
spot, along Hanson Rd in the western suburbs, have told The Advertiser they
have seen girls aged 14 and less soliciting outside their shops. Police confirmed children are involved in
prostitution but would not specify their ages. They admit policing underage
prostitution in areas such as Hanson Rd is difficult. Organised State Child Prostitution and
Pornography in www.davidicke.net/tellthetruth/coverups/aussiechildabuse3.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] “Further, I hold fears for the
safety of my immediate family, and in the event of their or my own death,
disappearance or any unforeseen accident/s, I wish to make it very clear that
we were involved as child-victims and witnesses of an elite, child-abusing
network which includes senior police officers who have threatened our lives
in several instances if we were to ever disclose our information to the media
or authorities.” Pedophilia led boy into prostitution, police say It was the month Arron Light turned 15 that he moved from Nowra to a youth refuge in Surry Hills. Within weeks the runaway teenager had met the man he later accused of sexually assaulting him. Police believe the alleged abuse ….. was the trigger that led the boy to sell his young body to middle-aged pedophiles. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways - Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless Here are the best phone numbers to
call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell anyone about your
call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or you are in
danger. They are open 24 Hours - it
doesn't matter what time you call In
Australia, call 1800 55 1800 TOMORROW’S CHILDREN - Australia’s National Plan of Action Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children [PDF] www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/vIA/families/$file/tomorrows_children.pdf At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] In Australia, the reality of the
commercial sexual exploitation of children and young people tends to be far
more complicated than might be expected. It is largely opportunistic behaviour by teenagers at risk rather than organised activity. The majority of sexual abuse occurs
within families and institutions, and is non-commercial in character. The commercial
sexual exploitation of children and young people in Australia is part of a
combination of critical pathways such as family breakdown, prior experiences
of sexual victimisation, homelessness, poverty,
drug use, youth unemployment, a lack of suitable alternative accommodation,
and social isolation. What follows is a more detailed
examination of Australia’s efforts in the four key areas of child commercial
sexual exploitation: • Prostitution and sex for favours; • Pornography; • Trafficking; and • Sex tourism. www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-AUSTRALIA.pdf Although Australia has a high
standard of living, high numbers of children and young people are homeless,
which in some cases leads to commercial sexual exploitation. According to the
census of 2001, 46 per cent of the 99,900 homeless people at that time were
below 25 years of age, with those aged between 12-18 years a prominent group
(26 per cent of all homeless people). Factors that push young people to live
on the street include poverty, domestic violence, and sexual abuse at home,
which results in the disintegration of family relationships. ‘Speaking for
Themselves’, a research publication produced by Child Wise (the ECPAT group
in Australia) in 2004 confirms significant links between commercial sexual
activity of children and those who have experienced abusive backgrounds,
exposure to violence, homelessness, and/or drug addiction. Once children live
on the street, they become more vulnerable to cycles of drug abuse, sexual
abuse and petty theft and may fall into commercial sex as a means of
survival. As underage sex work is illegal, they therefore work on the street
rather than in a legal brothel, which leads to further risks of violence and
increased vulnerability; they are sought out by exploiters because of this. A significant number of indigenous
children, in particular, have been victimised by
sexual abuse as a result of inadequate policies for their protection, which
also makes them vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation. - sccp Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 CHILDREN - The Child Sex Tourism Act
prohibits child sex tourism and related offenses for the country's residents
and citizens overseas and provides for a maximum sentence of 17 years'
imprisonment upon conviction. During the 12-month period ending June 30, the
AFP began 24 investigations, and 4 persons were charged under the act. Of
these, one person pled guilty and was awaiting sentencing, two cases were
before the courts, and one case had not yet come to trial. During the year
the government continued its awareness campaign to deter child sex tourism,
through the distribution of materials to citizens and residents traveling
overseas. Child protection NGOs raised community awareness of child
trafficking. There were no reports of children being trafficked into the
country during the year. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [65] While the Committee welcomes
the information that the State party is seriously considering the issue of
youth homelessness, including by means of the National Homelessness Strategy
and the “Reconnect” program, it wishes to express concern at the situation of
homeless children, who are also more likely to be affected by educational and
relational problems and are more exposed to substance abuse and sexual
exploitation. [67] While the Committee welcomes
some positive developments in the context of prevention of trafficking and
forced prostitution, such as the adoption of the National Plan of Action to
Eradicate Trafficking in Persons of October 2003 and the changes to the
Criminal Code in 2005 whereby, inter alia, trafficking in persons and child
pornography have been criminalized, the Committee is concerned that Australia
continues to be a destination country for trafficked women and girls in the
sex industry. www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/parents-sold-child-into-prostitution/story-e6frf7l6-1111116348291 www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23702835-12377,00.html In what was described as the
"most horrific case of child prostitution in Australian history'', the
girl's mother was jailed for 13 years and her father for 10 years. The mother faced that charge
because she had posed the child for advertising photographs used on the
internet and had also aided in the rape of the girl by another man. The father had helped pose the child for
the photographs and had lived off her earnings. The court heard the girl was aged 12 and 13
years at the time she had sex with various men during an eight months period
in 2004. Police
'knew about' teen sex trade in NT Trading young Aboriginal girls for
sex has been happening for at least 15 years in a Northern Territory mining
town, one of Australia's most powerful Aboriginal leaders says. Non-Aboriginal people working there
are believed to be exchanging cash, drugs, taxi rides and alcohol for sex
with teenagers, some as young as 13.
Indigenous leader Galarrwuy Yunupingu said the sex trade had been operating for the
past 15 years and at least 12 girls were currently engaged in the trade. "Everybody here knows what has been
going on Mullighan report reveals decades of state care sex abuse The
horrific extent of sex abuse against children in state care over four decades
has been revealed in the 600-page report of the Mullighan
inquiry to State Parliament. Retired Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan, QC, yesterday issued a stark warning that
children in state care would remain vulnerable to sex abuse unless urgent
action was taken to overhaul a system in crisis. His $13.5 million inquiry
considered hundreds of allegations of widespread child abuse within
government and non-government institutions, spanning 40 years. Trucking
group horrified at sex claims The trucking industry says it is
horrified by allegations drivers have been involved in child sex trade along
highways in northern NSW. Truck
drivers have reportedly paid for sex with indigenous girls as young as eight
in the NSW north-western towns of Boggabilla and Moree. In some
cases, the girls have been drugged and raped, ABC TV reported. There have been no prosecutions because the
girls refuse to testify, people aware of the cases said. Indigenous
children beg police for help The details of the way some
Queensland children are living in indigenous communities make for saddening
and maddening reading. They tell of a litany of abuse and
neglect at the most basic levels – from rape and malnutrition to homelessness
and child prostitution. "In addition, the review team
was told that children as young as nine years of age are sexually active. It
was alleged that girls less than 16 years of age are soliciting men for sex
in return for money, alcohol and marijuana." Child
prostitution a sign of earlier abuse, expert says A mental health expert says
instances of child prostitution, like those discovered in Broome in
north-west Western Australia recently, are usually indicative of prior abuse. "Neglect or child sexual
abuse in early childhood increases the risk that children will get involved
in prostitution and various other problems like addiction." Broome
men charged over child prostitution ring Police believe they have uncovered
a child prostitution ring in the Kimberley tourist town of Broome. It is believed that up to 12 children have
been seeking out men prepared to exchange cigarettes, cannabis or money for
sex. Australian runaway became 'sexual slave' www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/11/03/australian_runaway_became_sexual_slave/7376/ At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] An Australian teenager who ran
away from home eventually found herself in prostitution as "a sort of
sexual slave," a judge said.
Judge Michael Finnane said that shortly
after leaving home because of a fight with her mother, the unidentified girl
met 24-year-old Antonio Salvatore who convinced her to become a prostitute,
The Sydney Morning Herald reported Saturday.
"She was working for him, making nothing. She was in reality a
sort of sexual slave," the judge said. Prostitution:
Legal Work or Slavery? - A Failed Attempt at Defending Women’s Dignity VICTORIAN FAILURE - Countries debating whether or
not to legalize prostitution could learn from what occurred in the Australian
state of Victoria. The state government legalized prostitution in 1984 and
since then, the sex industry has flourished. With over 20 years of
experience, many of the promised benefits of legalizing prostitution have
not, however, materialized, according to a book published earlier this year. INTRINSIC VIOLENCE - The legalization of
prostitution in Victoria has not done anything to reduce illegal sex
trafficking, Sullivan argues. In addition, since legalization, child
prostitution continues to be a problem. Aborigines
may ban tourists from Ayers Rock One of the first townships to be
subject to the plan is Mutitjulu, in the shadow of
Ayers Rock, or Uluru, the red monolith in the
central Australian desert that draws some 500,000 visitors a year. Media
reports last year of child prostitution and of children trading sex for
gasoline to sniff prompted the recent government inquiry. Children as young as 13 are
working as prostitutes on Adelaide suburban streets and in brothels. A police operation targeting underage prostitution
has just been completed and a report submitted to the Mullighan
inquiry into child sex abuse. The
report includes details of a case in which a man paid for sex with a
13-year-old boy. Business owners in one notorious
spot, along Hanson Rd in the western suburbs, have told The Advertiser they
have seen girls aged 14 and less soliciting outside their shops. Police confirmed children are involved in
prostitution but would not specify their ages. They admit policing underage
prostitution in areas such as Hanson Rd is difficult. Griffith
child prostitution claims yet to be verified Authorities say they are yet to
receive any specific allegations about child prostitution in Griffith. Police say there have been rumours about child prostitution in Griffith for more
than a year, but they need more information from the public. Underage prostitution is rife in Griffith www.riverinamediagroup.com.au/Home/news.asp?publication=The%20Area%20News&articleType=Local&ArticleID=17507 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] Another source told The Area News
the child prostitution racket had been operating in the city for nearly 20
years. “This is extremely widespread
and the girls are as young as 11 or 12,” she said. “There are a number of
motels and caravans around town which they use and it is extremely organised. “The
girls are paid in either drugs, cigarettes, alcohol,
jewellery or food … it changes each week. It’s a
bigger problem than anyone realises.” Even the police admit there’s a problem,
however they have been unable to make any progress on the case due to an
absence of formal complaints. 300
street kids at risk of abuse At least
300 street children in Adelaide and "large numbers" in regional
cities and country towns are vulnerable to sexual abuse, the head of the
Commission of Inquiry into Children in State Care said today. Former Supreme Court judge Ted Mullighan,
QC, says there has been "a long history" in Adelaide of street
children – many of them runaways from state care – being exploited for sexual
favours. He
lists well-known haunts as Veale Gardens, the banks of the Torrens River and
a public lavatory near Jolley's Boathouse
restaurant. Pedophilia
led boy into prostitution, police say It was the month Arron Light turned 15 that he moved from Nowra to a youth refuge in Surry Hills. Within weeks the
runaway teenager had met the man he later accused of sexually assaulting
him. Police believe the alleged abuse
….. was the trigger that led the boy to sell his
young body to middle-aged pedophiles. Former rugby league star Ian
Roberts will give evidence at an inquest into the death of a troubled Sydney
teenager who was killed before he was to testify against alleged members of a
Sydney paedophile ring. Children are selling sex for as
little as $5 on Queensland's streets in an epidemic that crime fighters tried
to cover up. Predators are using cash,
drugs, a place to sleep or even just attention to entice the desperate boys
and girls, some as young as 8. A major
study confirmed more than 100 children were involved in prostitution across
the state, but a detailed report on the issue was never made public. ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for
Action [DOC] www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/publication/other/english/Doc_page/ecpat_5th_a4a_2001_full.doc At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – AUSTRALIA – ECPAT Australia
has commented that Australia is going backwards in terms of child protection.
Although the prostitution of children is an increasing problem linked to
heroin addiction and homelessness, very little has been done to tackle it. Furthermore,
the Federal Government has dissolved the Federal Police Unit whose duty it
was to investigate child sex tourism, and there are not enough pro-active
measures to pursue sex offenders who go overseas. The Australian government
has only allocated financial resources to programmes
related to CSEC in developing countries and not in Myths & Facts www.maxim.org.nz/prb/myths.html#4 At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] FACT: CHILD
PROSTITUTION INCREASES IN A DECRIMINALIZED ENVIRONMENT - In Australia over 3700 children
under 18 are selling their bodies for sex.
Child
prostitution on rise in Australia -report Child prostitution is on the rise
in Australia with an estimated 4,000 children as young as 10 selling sex for
money and drugs, a new report says. The study by Child Wise, the Australian
arm of the global End Child Prostitution Pornography And Trafficking group,
is based on anecdotal evidence and estimated that one in five children on the
Internet was solicited by strangers for sex. Alleged Trafficking of Asian Sex
Workers in Australia Child Prostitution
Anti-prostitution lobbyists such as ECPAT deliberately link the highly
emotive issue of "child" prostitution to their anti- trafficking
campaign because they know that it will create sympathy in all well-meaning
people. While a full discussion of
this complex issue is outside of the scope of this paper, our research and
experience in the sex industry in Children
'Handed Over To Sex Ring' "The picture is painted of
young girls and boys who were frightened, unable to protect themselves and
make disclosure and who were abandoned by their carers
[care givers]," says the report by Ted Mullighan,
the commissioner of the inquiry into the sex abuse of state wards. The report finds that young boys from Organised State Child Prostitution and
Pornography in www.davidicke.net/tellthetruth/coverups/aussiechildabuse3.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] “Further, I hold fears for the
safety of my immediate family, and in the event of their or my own death,
disappearance or any unforeseen accident/s, I wish to make it very clear that
we were involved as child-victims and witnesses of an elite, child-abusing
network which includes senior police officers who have threatened our lives
in several instances if we were to ever disclose our information to the media
or authorities.” No. 156 Child Sex Tourism [PDF] www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/Child_Sex_Tourism_Australia.pdf www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/ti156.pdf CONCLUSION - It is not known whether the
child sex tourism legislation has any real deterrent effect on Australians determined
to have sex with children overseas. It may be that these people are simply
more careful in their activities as a result of the laws. The success of the
child sex tourism legislation is, however, demonstrated by the fact that
there have been several success-full prosecutions for sexual offences
committed against children overseas that would previously have been beyond
the reach of Australian law. Rather than being a “paper tiger” as predicted,
the legislation has resulted in a number of substantial convictions for
offences committed by Australians over-seas. All material used herein
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