GAMBIA: Sex tourists exploiting children

BAKAU Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Child protection experts say sexual exploitation of children by tourists is on the increase in The Gambia, despite national laws against it. “More and more children are working in the sex industry with tourists,” said Bakary Badjie, programme officer with the non-profit coalition the Child Protection Alliance (CPA). “Sexual relations between children and tourists are shifting from hotels, deeper into communities, where it is harder to track.” Though the...