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Child Prostitution The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
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The number of Dutch children working in prostitution has increased dramatically over the past five years: from 4,000 to 15,000 according to figures published by the Amsterdam-based ChildRight organization. Most children that end up in
prostitution in the Netherlands are boys or young under aged asylum-seekers –
particularly Nigerian girls. ChildRight claims this
group numbers some 5,000 children. But recent years have seen a significant
rise on the number of Dutch girls forced into the sex industry. Among them
are an estimated 5,000 runaway or homeless children, many of whom are
mentally retarded. Another large group (also 5,000) are ‘ordinary' Dutch
schoolgirls, aged 13 or 14 from a "regular home environment" who
are lured into prostitution by so-called "lover-boys". - sccp *** ARCHIVES
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what time you call. In www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/Europe/Global_Monitoring_Report-NETHERLANDS.pdf Children and young people are thus
rarely exploited as street sex workers or in red light districts, as checks
on such areas are usually stringent. Their sexual exploitation occurs
predominantly within illegal escort services, in hotels, in parked cars, in
private houses, and in illegal private clubs (mostly in towns but also in the
countryside). Some of these clubs are situated within the jurisdiction of
local authorities that exert weaker controls. According to interviewees from
the Trafficking in Human Beings Information Unit (IEM), exploiters are using
the Internet and mobile phones to gain access to children and young people
for prostitution. Little is known about the sexual
exploitation of boys, but there are reports that young eastern European male
prostitutes include minors. In addition, care organisations
working with drug addicts indicate the involvement of boys aged between 15
and 18. Boys seem to enter prostitution at a slightly younger age than girls,
i.e. between 9 and 15 years old. The prostitution of boys tends to be less
visible nowadays due to the increasing use of the Internet, chatrooms, mobile phones and advertisements to establish
contact. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Trafficking within the country was also a problem. Of the 405 trafficking
victims registered in 2004, 51 were living in the country at the time they were
seduced into prostitution by so-called lover boys, primarily young Moroccan
or Turkish men and boys. The victims were young, mostly immigrant women. In
January the government set up the national expertise center for youth
prostitution to collect figures, background information, and the best
practices in fighting youth prostitution and lover boys. Various
organizations and local governments initiated specific assistance and
prevention programs for potential victims of "lover boys." Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2009 20. The Committee welcomes
initiatives for preventive action against sale of children, child
prostitution and child pornography both within the State party and abroad,
such as the tightened criminal provisions on child pornography, corrupting
children and grooming, but is concerned at the lack of a comprehensive
national strategy to prevent sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography. 22. The Committee is concerned
about the existence of child sex tourism involving Dutch nationals, and the lack
of an adequate response. 24. The Committee is concerned
that the State party’s legislation does not criminalise
the production or dissemination of materials advertising the sale of
children, child prostitution or child pornography, but notes information from
the State party that it is currently working to decide whether supplementary
legislation is desirable to ban such advertisement. Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004 [56] The Committee welcomes the
State party’s efforts in the Italian police break up child prostitution network www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5600486/Italian-police-break-up-child-prostitution-network At one time this article had been
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Italian police have made scores of
arrests and rolled up a child prostitution network. Fifty-one people were
arrested in Italy and 15 in other countries, mainly the Netherlands. They are accused of human trafficking, exploitation
and kidnapping. In Nigeria, Nigerian women took very young children from
orphanages to work in the drug trade and as prostitutes. The children are
also believed to have been taken from asylum centres
in the Netherlands. The police
operation began in October 2007 when, at the request of the Dutch government,
22 Nigerians were detained in Nigeria, various European countries and the US. Last Wednesday [May 31], a paedophile political party was launched in The
Netherlands. The NVD whose name in English means the Neighbourly
Love, Freedom and Diversity party wants to cut the age of consent for
youth-adult consensual sex from 16 to 12 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 – NETHERLANDS – Following the approval of the national plan of action last year, a team
has been appointed to monitor and implement it. This team is led by the
Ministry of Justice and includes experts from the governmental sector and
NGOs such as ECPAT Netherlands. Report
by Special Rapporteur [DOC] [58] Sale, prostitution and
pornography involving children are illegal, and children are not criminalized
where they are the victims. Particularly problematic are “loverboys” - young perpetrators in their late teens and
early twenties who seduce young women into
prostitution. Trafficking involving unaccompanied minors seeking
asylum is increasing. Victims of trafficking are mainly women from
non-EU countries, but Dutch women and men are also among the
victims. Very little attention is paid to boy victims of
trafficking, and there is a lack of data as to the extent of all these
problems. Although legislation is reportedly good, there is a lack
of technical and human capacity within the law enforcement sector to deal
with increased number of reported cases. Child Prostitution in the www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/netherlands011218.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
The number of Dutch children working in prostitution has increased dramatically over the past five years: from 4,000 to 15,000 according to figures published by the Amsterdam-based ChildRight organization. Most children that end up in
prostitution in the Netherlands are boys or young under aged asylum-seekers –
particularly Nigerian girls. ChildRight claims this
group numbers some 5,000 children. But recent years have seen a significant
rise on the number of Dutch girls forced into the sex industry. Among them
are an estimated 5,000 runaway or homeless children, many of whom are
mentally retarded. Another large group (also 5,000) are ‘ordinary' Dutch
schoolgirls, aged 13 or 14 from a "regular home environment" who
are lured into prostitution by so-called "lover-boys". - sccp Tighter
Controls To Target Sex-Trade Clients When I visited the Comments of CATW
(Coalition Against Trafficking in Women) Another argument for legalizing
prostitution in the The Netherlands [PDF] www.defenceforchildren.nl/images/13/137.pdf www.ecpat.nl/ariadne/loader.php/nl/ecpat/Rapporten/trafficking1/NETHERLANDS.pdf [page 5] 3. OVERVIEW OF OTHER RESEARCH - CHILD PROSTITUTION IN THE NETHERLANDS - The research distinguished five different categories of sexual exploitation in The Netherlands: 1. Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum; 2. Child sexual abuse for the child pornography industry; 3. Young boys; 4. Teenage `romance'; 5. Individual situations. Report on the Sexual Exploitation of Children CHILD
PROSTITUTION IN THE Report Of The Special Rapporteur On The Sale Of Children, Child Prostitution - 1999 [120] Girls are most commonly
seduced into prostitution by a lover, but boys are used to get other boys
involved, usually through stories of the money that can be made by such
activity. The Special Rapporteur was advised that male entry into
prostitution was more organized, with several individuals working to coerce
the boy, whereas usually just one man would coerce a girl into these
activities. [121] Non-governmental sources
reported that most of the boys have the same background of physical and
sexual abuse, and many doubt their own sexuality. Virtually all are in
drug-related activities. [122] In Amsterdam and ECPAT's 4th Report on Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children www.ecpat.net/eng/Ecpat_inter/IRC/articles.asp?articleID=40&NewsID=12 At one time this article had been
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One in 12 children forced into world's 'worst forms' of
labor www.aegis.com/news/afp/2005/AF050265.html At one time this article had been
archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
UNICEF UNICEF UK lauded the pledge of
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of gross domestic product to development aid but regretted that only five
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