Child Prostitution and Sex Tourism

Child prostitution is not new. But today it has assumed the proportions of a multibillion-dollar industry, with children being bought, sold and traded like other mass-produced goods. Although child prostitution exists worldwide, the center of the child sex industry is Asia, where approximately 1 million children are prostitutes and the number is still growing. Child sex tourism is a significant component in the sexual exploitation of children and one that is expanding. It involves an individual …

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