Sexual Exploitation. a Growing Menace
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www.fondationscelles.org 2 Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace 3 Fondation SCELLES Under the Direction of Yves Charpenel Deputy General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of France President of the Fondation Scelles 3rd Global Report Sexual Exploitation A growing menace ECONOMICA 49, rue Héricart, 75015 Paris, France 4 Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace Excerpt from the Dictionary of the French Academy PROSTITUTION n. 13th century, meaning of "debauchery"; 18th century, the current meaning. From the Latin prostitutio, "prostitution, desecration." The act of having sexual relations in exchange for payment; activity consisting in practicing regularly such relations. The law does not prohibit prostitution, only soliciting and procuring. Entering into prostitution. A prostitution network. Clandestine, occasional prostitution. ANCIENT MEANING. Sacred prostitution, practiced by the female servants of the goddesses of love or fertility in certain temples and for the profit of these goddesses, in some countries of the Middle East and of the Mediterranean. The Aphrodite temple, in Corinth, was a place where sacred prostitution was practiced. Fig. Degradation, defilement to which one consents by desire of goods, honors, etc. He refuses to prostitute his talent. The prostitution of the awareness. « The proceeds from the sale of this book will be given directly to the Fondation Scelles » Translated from the original French Edition Exploitation sexuelle – Une menace qui s’étend © Ed. Economica 2014 Translation copyright © Ed. ECONOMICA, 2014 All reproduction, translation, execution and adaptation rights are reserved for all countries Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace 5 Acknowledgements This publication is the result of work by a group of researchers from the Centre de Recherches Internationales et de Documentation sur l’Exploitation Sexuelle (CRIDES, Centre for International Research and Documentation on Sexual Exploitation) of Fondation Scelles and external collaborators. We warmly thank them for all of their work. Researchers and volunteers of Fondation Scelles and of CRIDES Aurélie Bezault, Frédéric Boisard, Cécile Brotero Duprat, Dominique Charpenel, Yves Charpenel, Floriane Choplain, Fiona Connors, Maureen Curtius, Mary Delaroche Taieb, Barbara Giroud, Catherine Goldmann, AnnPôl Kassis, Marie Larotte, Thérèse Lothe, Dania Mardini, Sonia Line Mbopda Ngoupeyou, Clara Méjan, Fanny Méjan, Sophie Menegon, Claudia Nannini, Roxane Noverraz, Anne Pascal, Cathie Paumier, Céline Pigot, Morgane Revel, Gaëlle Saoût, Anna Skipper, Clémentine Soulié, Hélène Soulodre, Caroline Torres, Marie-Claire Verniengeal, François Vignaud. External collaborators: Lieutenant-colonel Eric Panloup, national coordinator of “Lutte contre la traite des êtres humains (The fight against human trafficking) of the Inter-Ministerial Mission for the Protection of Women against Violence and the Fight against Human Trafficking (MIPROF) Myriam Quémener, Magistrate, Deputy State Counsel responsible for the Criminal Division at the French court of first instance in civil and criminal matters of Créteil Emily St-Denny, Doctorate in Political Science, School of Arts and Humanities, at Nottingham Trent University Marta Torrès Herrero Scelles, Lawyer We also extend our gratitude to the Editing Committee composed of some members of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Scelles for their participation and pertinent remarks. Our translation team: Willy Andrews, AnnPôl Kassis, Greta Olivares, Thomas Peny-Coblentz, Marie Pichon, Gaëlle Saoût, Rachel Thimke, Deborah Thomas, Marie-Claire Verniengeal, Raymond Wright, Maxine Zeger. Coordinator of the book: Sandra Ayad, Head of the CRIDES 6 Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace 7 Summary Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 5 Preface ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Opening note ................................................................................................................................. 13 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................... 15 2012, the time of awareness .......................................................................................................... 17 Methodological note ..................................................................................................................... 21 2012 MAIN TOPICS ......................................................................................................................... 25 Recurring arguments ................................................................................................................................................ 27 Words, words, words ................................................................................................................................................ 33 Words of a client ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Sex and power .......................................................................................................................................................... 46 Press and prostitution ............................................................................................................................................... 57 Criminal markets ...................................................................................................................................................... 64 Criminality in the Balkans ....................................................................................................................................... 68 Cybertrafficking and cyberprocuring ....................................................................................................................... 73 Taking responsibility for child prostitution in France .............................................................................................. 76 Sex tourism ............................................................................................................................................................... 84 2012 Legal responses ............................................................................................................................................... 90 2012 COUNTRIES’ PANORAMA ....................................................................................................... 97 Albania ..................................................................................................................................................................... 99 Algeria .................................................................................................................................................................... 104 Argentina ................................................................................................................................................................ 110 Australia ................................................................................................................................................................. 114 Austria .................................................................................................................................................................... 122 Belgium .................................................................................................................................................................. 128 Brazil ...................................................................................................................................................................... 137 Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................................................. 143 Burma ..................................................................................................................................................................... 150 Cambodia ............................................................................................................................................................... 156 Cameroon ............................................................................................................................................................... 163 8 Sexual Exploitation: A growing menace Canada .................................................................................................................................................................... 169 China ...................................................................................................................................................................... 173 Colombia ................................................................................................................................................................ 180 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..................................................................................................................... 186 Croatia ...................................................................................................................................................................