Author Archives: erica

Bangkok Rising
New York Times
One morning in January, I watched as young Thai men and women emerged from the Erawan Bangkok shopping mall, put down their Comme des Garçons and Burberry bags, and bowed with folded hands to the Hindu creation deity Brahma at the Erawan shrine …

Solana Beach resident uses performance art to put sexual assault awareness 'in …
Del Mar Times
Proceeds from the event benefited a Thai shelter for women battling domestic violence and sex crimes. Courtesy photo When Isabella Konold watched “Born Into Brothels,” a documentary about the kids of Calcuttan prostitutes being born into the red light …

Convicted sex offender objects to judge's recommendation on bid for shorter …
al.com (blog)
Burgess Lee Burgess is serving a 6½-year prison sentence for traveling to Thailand to have sex with young boys. Burgess argued that his attorney, Donald E. "Skip" Brutkiewicz Jr., cost him a chance to appeal his sentence by failing to file a notice of …

Thai police: Man connected with organized crime arrested for human trafficking
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Chavalit Sawangpuech says Jakrapan Watcharapin, 55, was arrested Friday on human trafficking charges involving three Thai women allegedly forced to become sex workers in Japan. Chavalit said Japanese authorities had rescued the women, …
Bangkok police arrest man for trafficking Thai sex slaves to JapanThe Japan Times

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Southeast Missourian woman returns from Thailand after helping victims of …
The Republic
Sex trafficking has been called one of the most disturbing global crimes, specifically in the Asia-Pacific area. The industry in Thailand thrives as a $150 billion business each year, dating back to the Vietnam War when Thailand basically became a …

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Underage Mexican Children Film Sexually Explicit Video At School
Huffington Post
The video shows three boys having sex, one boy filming and a fifth one watching, according to the Mexican Spanish-language newspaper Milenio. The kids implicated are all 12 years-old and in the sixth grade. The video is graphic showing one of the boys …

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Transexual may resort to prostitution for sex change
Auckland stuff.co.nz
WAITING LIST: Racheal McGonigal, left, who travelled to Thailand to have gender reassignment surgery, with her friend Jasmine Eastall, 28, who can't afford it. A transexual may return to prostitution to pay for gender reassignment surgery because the …

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Obama gay marriage support seen as world precedent
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-10) 04:44 PDT BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dragged them through the streets. In Egypt, laws prohibiting …
Same-sex marriage rights a distant dream around the worldThe Detroit News
Gay marriage a distant dream around the worldThe Seattle Times
Obama's support energizes gay activists worldwideSeattle Post Intelligencer
CBC.ca
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Thailand big draw for sex change surgeries
Hindustan Times
Thailand is not just a cheap holiday destination. According to city doctors, several Indians wanting to undergo sex reassignment surgery travel to the country as its clinics allegedly offer attractive packages. Thailand has a large transgender …

Thai underage sex tour organiser named
New Zealand Herald
David Wales as he left the Manukau District Court during his trial for organising a sex tour to Thailand. He was found guilty and his name suppression has now lapsed. Photo / NZ Herald The man who organised an underage sex tour to Thailand has also …