Colombian women are being trafficked into Ecuador to work as prostitutes and Ecuadorian children are being brought into Colombia to beg, claimed the government of Colombia's Nariño department this week.
The Crime Observatory in Nariño revealed that some five thousand women havd been recruited from cities across Colombia and sent to Ecuador as sex workers .
Women and girls are trafficked from Colombia to Ecuador for purposes of
commercial sexual exploitation. Interviews with women involved in the
commercial sex industry as well as law enforcement officials indicated a
strong presence of Colombian girls, who are highly preferred to local women
and who thereby earn more money for club owners.
Most high-end clubs are filled with foreign girls and women whereas local women are usually found in
the lower end clubs or the streets.
Foreign girls, while considered to be valuable to club owners, face
discrimination within the law enforcement system. Adult sex workers who
had spent time in jail indicated that, once in jail, foreign women are severely
mistreated. Discriminatory practices include being denied beds or even
bedding and being forced to sleep on the floor regardless of the weather
conditions.
Interviews and
recent news also reveals a growing pornographic industry in the country. Ecuadorian law
does not define pornography as a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children and
this loophole in the law hinders prosecution.
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