Detroit Adult Entertainment: Sex tourism: Are our hands clean?

January 7, 2010 at 8:49 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No Comments

The convictions of Huard and Rochefort, and the November arrest of former Windsor priest Rev. John Duarte on charges he sexually assaulted underage boys in Port-au-Prince and the fishing village of Labadie, have raised questions about whether Canada is doing enough to thwart sex tourism in its missions.

A second study, by B.C. law professor Benjamin Perrin, showed 146 Canadians were charged with child sex offences overseas from 1993-2007, based on requests for consular support. Many more Canadians likely bribed their way out of being charged, reported Perrin, who obtained his data through the Access to Information Act from the Department of Justice.A report by the U.S. State Department, in its Diplomacy in Action publication, shows that, since 1997, 110 formal charges have been filed against Canadians suspected of sexually exploiting children in foreign countries.”This not a mysterious or unknown social problem,” said Butt.”It’s a well-known phenomenon that people travel to other countries to misbehave. Talk to the people in so-called receiving countries. They’ll tell you who the major sending countries are.”He said …

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