Report: Japan sex industry ensnares Latin women

cnn ^ | 4-29-05

[LouAvul]

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- At least 1,700 women from Latin America and the Caribbean are lured each year into sexual slavery in Japan's huge illicit sex industry, according to a new report.

A team of researchers hired by the Organization of American States found that most of the women come from Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru.

The team of researchers -- led by Phillip Linderman, an expert on loan from the U.S. State Department -- presented the "Rapid Assessment Report" to an international seminar on human trafficking sponsored by Peru's Foreign Ministry on Friday.

The OAS analysis was culled from interviews with presumed victims, Japanese immigration records and crime data.

The 37-page report estimated tens of thousands of undocumented foreign women in Japan, mostly from other Asian countries, are exploited by crime organizations, like Yakuza, Japan's second-largest crime syndicate.

Japan's National Police Agency estimates the sex trade industry there to be worth $83 billion a year

Linderman said governments on both sides of the Pacific paid little attention to the problem until recently.

The Colombian Embassy in Japan stood out, aggressively working to identify and assist the estimated 4,000 Colombians it believes are human trafficking victims.

But Linderman said the figures in his report probably represent only a percentage of trafficking victims, particularly from other Latin American countries like Peru, which is just starting to tackle the issue.

[Vision]

You're not helping out the Eurotwit stereotype

[BobS]

"...doing jobs Japanese women won't do..."

If all those guys do is get loaded and carouse around with hookers, there is a bored Japanese lady for me!

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

You're not helping out the Eurotwit stereotype

I'd say he's doing a bangup job.

And those rascist screeds against Muslims....shocking, simply shocking. :)

[OKWNORD]

Really. Being a sailor, I have heard much worse than you could come up with w/out risking being banned, so flame away. You are acting irrational, and I'm gonna call you on it. You have (I presume) a reasonable point, but you lose all credibility with your rambling, screeching insults. I think you are the one who needs to quit. You aren't helping yourself.

I restate my original point, this thread began with a CNN story about Japan's criminal element that kidnaps Latin women for rape, torture and prostitution. Nothing in the original story mentions Germany/Germans, until post #6. What was the intent of post #6? To spread love and cheer? I'm not under any illusions about this countries feelings for Germans but I'll have my say too!

If you chose to join the fray, fine.

[exnavychick]

Look, you are quite right that this story has nothing to do with Germans, but you really went off the deep end. There is nothing wrong with defending your countrymen, but you were doing more to damage your position than help with the things you were posting.

You came off as a whack job, to be blunt. Your last post was much better.

[OKWNORD]

Look, you are quite right that this story has nothing to do with Germans, but you really went off the deep end. There is nothing wrong with defending your countrymen, but you were doing more to damage your position than help with the things you were posting. You came off as a whack job, to be blunt. Your last post was much better.

Ahhhhhh, a sensible person I can have a intelligent conversation with. I apologize for my smartass first post to you.