Top Five Countries with Highest Rates of Child Prostitution

Millions of children prostitute themselves worldwide every year

International Business Times UK

By Ludovica Iaccino , Published: February 6, 2014 Child prostitution has been defined by the UN as "the act of engaging or offering the services of a child to perform sexual acts for money or other consideration with that person or any other person". By 199 ! international awareness of the commercial sexual exploitation and the sale of children had grown to such a level that the United Nations Commission on "uman

#ights decided to appoint a $pecial #apporteur on the sale of children! child prostitution and child pornography. "ere is a list of the five countries with the highest rates of child prostitution. $ri %an&a 'he number of crimes against children in $ri %an&a increased by ()* in + 1+ ! compared to the previous year! a Unicef report said. ",ccording to Unicef and -%. /-nternational %abour .rganisation0 there are ) ! child prostitutes in $ri %an&a and (.)* of the country1s child population gets pregnant!" said United National 2arty 32 #osy $enanaya&e. ,lthough girls are sexually exploited both in the sex industry and by sex tourists! many N4.s believe that it is boys who face greater abuse by foreign sex offenders! N4. 5cpact 65nding Child 2rostitution! 2ornography and 'raffic&ing7 said. -n $ri %an&a! the plantation sector has been identified as a notorious area for traffic&ing of children into the worst forms of child labour! particularly child domestic wor& and commercial sexual exploitation! according to -%.. 'he National Child 2rotection ,uthority issued a warning in + 11 of an increase in child sexual exploitation! related to the rapid growth of tourism. 'hailand Child prostitution in 'hailand involved 8 + ). ! children under the age of sixteen in

,ccording to 5cpat! due to the hidden nature of child sexual abuse reliable figures are hard to compile and cases difficult to document. ,vailable figures estimate that currently some 9 ! to ) ! children! not including foreign children! are exploited as prostitutes. $exual exploitation of children in 'hailand! as in many other countries! is tremendously influenced by tourism.

"-n 2attaya / 'hailand0! if there were fewer foreign people coming in to buy sex! then the problem would be easier to manage!" 2alissorn No:a! who runs 2attaya1s ,nti; "uman 'raffic&ing and Child ,buse Centre! told the "uffington 2ost. "'hey /pedophiles0 have an entire worldwide networ& of people loo&ing for children through human traffic&ing. ,nd sex tourism ma&es it harder to stop." 'he photographic documentary! "Underage" by photographer .hm 2hanphiro: shows the life of thousands of underage male prostitutes in 'hailand. "'he film aims at exposing the rotten problem about sexual exploitation against minors and mistreatment towards children!" the photographer said in a statement.

Underage prostitutes in Brazil Bra<il $ex traffic&ing is an appalling truth to many young people in Bra<il! where there are half;a;million child sex wor&ers! according to the National =orum for the 2revention of Child %abour. Children as young as 1+ are selling themselves for sex for as little as 8 p in Bra<il! according to an investigation by $&y News. 'he shoc&ing revelation comes as international footballers :oin a campaign warning

fans travelling to Bra<il for the >orld Cup to exploit children. ,ccording to the documentary "Bra<il; Children for sale"! hundreds of children who live in the slums leave their homes in search of tourists! who are "eager for easy and cheap bodies"! to earn money and escape poverty. Unemployment and poverty is extremely high in Bra<il and children are sometimes encouraged by their parents to start prostituting.

FBI agent leading away a suspect arrested in the "Operation Cross Country II" in 2 !" United $tates ,ccording to Crimes ,gainst Children research Centre 6CC#C7! the numbers of :uvenile prostitutes within the United $tates range from 1!) to +.) million! although most fall between 9 ! and ( ! . 1( children as young as 19 were rescued from the sex trade in a law enforcement operation that targeted suspected pimps who brought the victims to New ?ersey for

$uper Bowl wee&end! in =ebruary + 1). "2rostituted children remain the orphans of ,merica1s :ustice system. 'hey are either ignored or! when they do come in contact with law enforcement! harassed! arrested! and incarcerated while the adults who exploit them ; the pimp and their customers ; largely escape punishment!"said ?ulian $her! author of the boo& $omebody1s @aughterA 'he "idden $tory of ,merica1s 2rostituted Children and the Battle to $ave 'hem. Canada -nuit babies and children are being sold by their families and are "prostituted out by a parent! family member or domestic partner"! according to a recent report by Canadian @epartment of ?ustice. 'he sexual exploitation of children is a deeplyBrooted reality in too many Canadian homes! families and communities! according to a + 11 report by a $tanding $enate Committee on "uman #ights. 'he committee! which started the investigation in + 9! heard that in one year there were almost 9! reported sexual assaults against children 6many of whom belong to aboriginal communities7 in Canada. 'he overwhelming ma:ority of sexual abuse goes unreported. $ocial service organisations have estimated the number of traffic&ed Canadians to be as high as 1(! a year! but the number of children traffic&ed within Canada from place to place remains uncertain due to the clandestine nature of the activity! Unicef Canada said in a statement in + 9.