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First Tsunamis, Now Child Sex Ring?
O’Reilly and Hannity and Colmes today tackled the issue of the possible new wave of disastrously tragic opportunistic kidnappings by those in the sex trade of children left orphaned or estranged after the destruction of the Tsunamis. I mentioned the problem of the notorious sex trade in the region last week, but I stated a hope at the time the tsunamis might disrupt that activity. It seems instead it has only provided more opportunity for this heinous and unimaginably cruel, violent and godless behavior.
The story hit the presses today that one Swedish boy was apparently kidnapped after the tsunamis. The father is no doubt at wits’ end. In the ensuing days after the giant waves flooded eight countries and took from this earth 150,000+ lives there have been not just a few outrages. When the world’s most generous nations are accused of being stingy, while some of the Middle East’s wealthiest hardly give a dime or China barely gives any more than Taiwan, a country of only 20 million as no one in the UN hints at a criticism. We saw the cruel rejection of Israeli aid in some countries, just because it was Israeli without giving the victims a chance to vote on the matter. We even heard about how the Thai government ignored warnings to alert the public of a possibly imminent tsunami, helping to doom thousands more souls that would likely have otherwise lived to see their families another day. But the worst outrage by any standard is that many that survived are being swallowed up by a monster that according to Compassion International in a report titled, “Sexual Exploitation: Childhood Lost” is the third-largest income generator worldwide, just behind illegal drug and illegal arms sales. In fact, over 30 million women and children have been trafficked in Asia in the past three decades alone, making it “the largest slave trade in history”, Compassion quotes UNICEF as stating, yet another number suggests an even larger problem, estimating at least 10 million children are presently being commercially exploited for sex around the world, of which most in Asia are living in Thailand, India, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Truly the vultures in the south-Asian child sex trade pale all else by comparison. And truly, something needs to be done now to nip this nightmare in the bud. While it is regrettable some of these sex-offenders survived the tsunamis (and still have no fear of God), steps must be taken now by anyone who can to put a stop to this. How this is done is another matter and if you ask me, I think these vicious criminals should be nailed to trees by their rib cages and left for dead- and as a warning. But I can be primitive sometimes.
Profile of Rescue in the Dragon’s Lair
A friend of someone I know in Nashville runs an orphanage north of India in Nepal. The man and his wife work independently to provide a home, along with food and medical assistance for girls trying to escape the Asian child sex trade. They even at times will “buy” these girls from their “owners” in order to get them out of the hell they are in. Girls as young as 11 are frequently kidnapped or sold by their parents to these sex rings. The Nepalese ring is particularly notorious. It is said the first thing they do to the girls after tearing them away from their families and all that they know is rape them until they stop resisting…and no longer cry. In such a way they are robbed of their very souls and all of their childhood dreams. Many never make it to adulthood – a good number of those will commit suicide. The man and his wife’s “safe house” not only provides a way out, but even, as I understand it, actively works with any means available to rescue even more. The government in Nepal is hopelessly corrupt, as are many in the region, but this act of mercy is winning some cooperation last I heard. Meanwhile thousands wait for some hope.
Related:
Swedish Boy Feared Abducted from Thai Hospital after Tsunami
Swedish and Thai police were jointly conducting the search effort for the adolescent, Kristian Walker, who was apparently last seen Monday with an unknown German man at a hospital near the resort of Khao Lak.
Jakarta, Indonesia: Steps Taken to Halt Child Trafficking
Fears Rise of Child Trafficking
Asia Observer: Child Trafficking Continues to Threaten Young Women in India
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