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Koko urges police: Run after large-scale sex tour syndicates 09/24/2011

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Koko urges police: Run after large-scale sex tour syndicates

09/24/2011
To effectively purge the rampant sex trade and prostitution in the Philippines, law enforcers should train their guns against large scale sex tour syndicates, promoters and organizers, Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said.

Pimentel noted it is the sex tour organizers and operators who are responsible for the upsurge of prostitution in the country.

Many of these syndicates are preying on innocent girls who are taken advantage of, on account of their poverty.

He said it is high time that law enforcers must pursue the organizers and operators of sex tourism who are the real culprits..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110924nat7.html

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

masyadong mababa na moral natin....

"Pimentel explained that sex tourism is prohibited by our laws, particularly Republic Act 9208 or the law against trafficking in persons act.

"Sex tourism refers to a program organized by travel and tourism-related establishments and individuals which consists of tourism packages or activities, utilizing and offering escort and sexual services as enticement for tourists."

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