Chile Tackles Child-Sex Trade. Jen Ross.
by Ross, Jen; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 23Family. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Child prostitution -- Chile | Child sexual abuse | Chile -- Politics and government | Prostitution -- Law and legislation | Sex-oriented businesses -- Latin AmericaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It's 5 a.m. on Providencia Street in Chile's capital, and you can still see children as young as 5 peddling red flowers as their parents look on from the shadows. They've been working all night, and flowers aren't the only thing they sell. Child prostitution is a problem that has plagued much of Latin America for decades. But just as Chile has been sheltered from the rest of the region's economic problems, to most people here this was a social problem that existed only elsewhere. That changed late last year [2003] with the eruption of a sex scandal involving business impresario Claudio Spiniak, whose family made its fortune building a luxury-spa empire. He is alleged to have been at the helm of a prostitution ring that recruited street children. Mr. Spiniak denies the charges. The sordid case has been front-page news for the past three months, with police officers and high-ranking businessmen under arrest." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article outlines efforts by the Chilean government to strengthen laws and increase funding to groups working on the child-sex trade problem in the wake of the scandal.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Chile Tackles Child-Sex Trade, Jan. 13, 2004; pp. n.p..
"It's 5 a.m. on Providencia Street in Chile's capital, and you can still see children as young as 5 peddling red flowers as their parents look on from the shadows. They've been working all night, and flowers aren't the only thing they sell. Child prostitution is a problem that has plagued much of Latin America for decades. But just as Chile has been sheltered from the rest of the region's economic problems, to most people here this was a social problem that existed only elsewhere. That changed late last year [2003] with the eruption of a sex scandal involving business impresario Claudio Spiniak, whose family made its fortune building a luxury-spa empire. He is alleged to have been at the helm of a prostitution ring that recruited street children. Mr. Spiniak denies the charges. The sordid case has been front-page news for the past three months, with police officers and high-ranking businessmen under arrest." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article outlines efforts by the Chilean government to strengthen laws and increase funding to groups working on the child-sex trade problem in the wake of the scandal.
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