Child Sex Tourism

What is child sex tourism?

Every year a million children are exploited in the global trade of sexual exploitation, this figure is merely an estimate the actual numbers of children are certainly much higher but impossible to record due to the hidden nature of the crime.

It involves people travelling from other countries to engage in sexual acts with children, it is a form of violent child abuse.

Children exploited in this way are devastated suffering physical and psychological damage. Many long term effects include disease such as HIV, drug abuse, unwanted pregnancy, self harm and suicide.

Tourists will usually travel to developing countries due to the high availability of child prostitutes, child pornography is frequently involved in these cases and drugs may be used to control children.

Over the last few years child sex tourism has proliferated due to cheaper travel and internet access there are many sites on line that offer packages for tourists including directions and transport to brothels.

It should be acknowledged that the comercial sexual exploitation of children does not only happen in developing countries it occurs in every country the world over.

In the UK young people are groomed by pimps and forced to work as prostitutes, this is happening in YOUR town, be aware of it, YOU could help to save a child.