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The rise in sex tourism has been particularly high in Latin American countries.
Maria Fernanda Felix de la Luz Co-Founder, Youth Parliament of the Americas
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As night falls in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, the city’s colourful environment transforms into a playground after dark. Among the lively scenes of restaurants, bars, dance floors, music, and all night parties, one of the city's darkest secrets is hidden: its proliferating sex tourism industry.
All along the historic wall of the city, prostitutes wait patiently in their usual spots, traffickers make deals in night alleys, and locals will say you can buy anything or anyone if you can pay for it. These transactions often involve sex with minors.
Sex tourism is increasing worldwide but its rise has been particularly high in Latin American countries. Tourism destinations such as Rio in Brazil, Cancun in Mexico, and beaches in Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras are often attractive to tourists not only for their climate, nature and culture but also for their cheap and easy access to sex. Major sports events, bachelor parties, business conferences, forums and other events involving mostly men are regularly associated with a demand for sexual services.
While the legislation on prostitution varies from one country to the other, the growing demand for sexual services has propelled a sex industry that operates largely in the shadows and uses coercive methods to force people into prostitution. Victims are mostly women and children, while indigenous people, migrants and LGBT individuals are particularly vulnerable. The conditions of poverty, discrimination, violence, low levels of education, illegal immigration, and lack of law enforcement in these countries allow traffickers to operate and expand their businesses.
Even though in recent years Latin American countries have made significant efforts to combat sexual exploitation, including passing anti-slavery laws, granting resources for special programmes and creating partnerships with NGOs, the problem is still present and it endangers thousands of lives. According to the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report, the majority of countries in Latin America do not fully satisfy the standards for combating this crime.
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The proliferation of sex trafficking and child sex tourism in Latin America is harmful and dangerous not only to its victims but to the entire region as it weakens the state of law, endangers the lives of their citizens, threatens the safety of the businesses, and compromises the countries' economic and social development. Therefore, it is imperative that all sectors of society take immediate measures to eradicate it. National and local governments are at the core of these efforts; nevertheless, the private sector has an important role to play in combating the crime.
Most of the actions taken by companies in the fight against human trafficking have been directed towards philanthropic donations or in training their employees to recognize victims, denounce the crime, and cooperate with the authorities.
While these are important advances in the subject, much remains to be done in the matter of acknowledging companies’ employees, directors and stakeholders, as consumers for sex services that are, in some cases, illicit. The recent movements against sexual harassment and sexual abuse have thrown into light a system that allows the abuse of power to remain in impunity to protect private interests. This is even worse when the victim is living in a situation of exploitation, is a child, or has no access to justice.
The corporate culture that has allowed, or in some cases encouraged, the view of certain humans as sexual objects, or tradeable goods, has to change. This will benefit the company’s image, internal relationships and operations, and will create a greater good for all society. Here are six actions that companies can take internally to fight against child sex tourism and sexual exploitation.
Raise awareness and develop specific training programs on the dangers of sex trafficking and sex with minors, brief employees with prostitution legislation in different countries, when they take business trips abroad.
In sex tourism, the perpetrator tends to be a foreigner who leaves the country after committing the crime. This represents a major difficulty for the investigation and the prosecution. While countries’ legislation is restricted by their national borders, companies can cooperate with the investigation, share key information and make employees accountable internally for sexual misconduct, even if the crime was not committed in the employee’s home country.
Require signed statements in which the employee has to state that he/she has not knowingly engaged in the sexual exploitation of children.
While this is mostly done by companies in the financial sector, any company that provides their employees with a corporate bank account can track down anomalous patterns of transactions made at certain hours of the night, or for large amounts of money.
Cooperate with authorities, NGOs, institutions and individuals working against sex trafficking. Create spaces for dialogue to share anti-trafficking strategies and practices.
Rescued victims of trafficking tend to fall back into prostitution and other illicit activities because they suffer from discrimination and they are excluded from society. Companies can create special programmes for supporting trafficking victims, giving them traineeships and jobs and help them reintegrate into society.
It is commonly thought that a company only addresses the sexual misconduct of their employees, directors or stakeholders when it causes a scandal that threatens the company’s reputation. But – as the demand for sex tourism increases, and a large proportion of children grow up in poverty and violence where they are easy prey for traffickers – Latin America is jeopardising its own future. This is why companies with business in the region have to take immediate action. Corporate culture has to change before the next sexual scandal, not after.
Maria Fernanda Felix de la Luz, Co-Founder, Youth Parliament of the Americas
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.
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Child sex trafficking focus of Monterey forum
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2020 at 2:41 p.m. | UPDATED: January 13, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.
MONTEREY — A symposium being held this week in Monterey is highlighting the shadowy underbelly of child exploitation in Monterey County — sex trafficking.
Local responders — police, nonprofits, social services and schools — have seen children as young as 10 victimized by traffickers or sexually exploited. And a relatively small county like Monterey belies the depth of the problem.
Patty Hernandez, a child welfare analyst for the Monterey County Department of Social Services and lead analyst for the Commercially Sexually Exploited Children program, said there is a high occurrence of sex trafficking in the county relative to its size.
Since 2015, when Hernandez headed up the development of the local Exploited Children program, there have been roughly 100 children identified as being sexually exploited in the county. But sex-trafficking crimes are generally under-reported, so there could be more. Half the victims tend to be from Monterey County and the other half either coming to or traveling through the area, Hernandez said.
There are a number of factors contributing to the high number, she said. Part of it is socioeconomic and part is the convergence of geography and events in Monterey County that can feed the problem. With Highway 101 running through the center of the county, it is an ideal area for traffickers to market to the trucking industry. And with the county being centrally located in the state, it’s easier for traffickers who are moving youth from one part of the state to another.
Compounding the problem is the tens of thousands of people attending large sporting events like the California Rodeo Salinas, the California International Airshow Salinas and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, Hernandez said. With hundreds of thousands of visitors converging on the county during these and similar events, an ideal environment is created for traffickers and “purchasers” of child sex.
Words matter in any discussion of child sex trafficking. Hernandez and others battling the scourge bristle at the use of certain words.
“There is no such thing as a child prostitute,” she said. “The words imply some level of volition which children do not have.”
People who pay for sexual services are called abusers or “purchasers,” the children are “victims, minors or survivors” and the perpetrators are “traffickers or exploiters,” Hernandez said.
Lenina Sanchez, the communications coordinator for Monterey-based Community Human Services, which is partnering with the Monterey County Office of Education and the Department of Social Services to put on the first-ever, sold-out symposium, said the aim of Friday’s forum is to generate a heightened level of awareness of the problem and current efforts to address the issue among those in the position to effect the most change.
There are a number of red flags that participants will be instructed on during the symposium. Warnings such as a 16-year-old girl with a 30-year old boyfriend, multiple cellphones or belongings such as luxury items or designer clothes are among some 20 different signals that could be a possible sign of exploitation.
Often schools are the first opportunity for students and teachers alike to identify possible exploitation. Dr. Ernesto Vela, the assistant superintendent of student services for the Office of Education, said a state law — AB 1227 — requires California public schools to offer education and training on human trafficking identification and prevention.
Vela, who along with colleagues will be presenting a talk on the legislation at the symposium, said the training for students is designed for age appropriateness. He confirmed that there have been instances of victims of sexual exploitation being identified in local schools.
“In the lower grades we often talk about appropriate relationships with adults and strangers, whereas in middle and high school real terminology is used,” he said. “At the high-school level, it becomes a part of health education. We want to create a classroom environment where students feel comfortable talking about such issues.”
The idea that victims of sex trafficking are always being held at gunpoint is not accurate, Hernandez said.
“We have seen instances with survivors once they are in the life where their traffickers will have them over the weekend and then they are back to school on Monday,” she said.
Youth are often controlled through manipulation or coercion. Manipulation could take the form of plying kids with money or valuables or basic need items such as food or clothing, something adults should be aware of in their interactions with children. Other times kids are coerced through such things as threats of violence against family members. Social media platforms are often the connection between traffickers and victims.
The number of reports have escalated with each passing year, but Hernandez said this is more of a reflection of increased awareness precipitating more reports to law enforcement or social service agencies rather than an indication of exploitation occurring more frequently.
Dennis L. Taylor has reported on diverse issues for three decades in the San Francisco and Monterey bay areas, including 10 years in the Silicon Valley business press covering venture capital and technology investments.
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