Colombia Tourist Flagship Targets Child-Sex 'Pirates'

April 10, 2018 3:33 PM
Reuters


BOGOTA —
Authorities in Colombia have pledged to work with businesses, tourist agencies and advocacy groups in a bid to combat the sexual exploitation of children in the tourist hotspot of Cartagena.

At an anti-human trafficking event in the port city on Monday, the country's inspector general, Fernando Carrillo, said organized crime gangs were responsible for pimping and selling children into the sex trade, and to tourists in particular.

"It is no secret to anyone that cruise ship tourists, older men, they are offered children for the purpose of sexual exploitation," said Carrillo, who heads a judicial body that holds public servants to account.

"We must welcome tourists who come honestly to enjoy this city but we must repudiate the sexual predators of our children and adolescents," he said, describing them as "pirates of the 21st century."

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