World Vision Child Sex Tourism Prevention Project
From World Vision The World Vision Web site address is http://www.worldvision.org. For more on the World Vision Child Sex Tourism Prevention Project, see http://www.stopchildtourism.org. Help Combat Child Sex Tourism U.S. citizens account for an estimated 25% of child sex tourists worldwide. Send a message to your senators and representative! Ask Congress to increase resources to prosecute U.S. citizens who sexually exploit children overseas. Note: There is no need to search for your member of Congress. We do it for you, using your zip code. Go To URL below to sign: https://secure2.convio.net/wv/site/Advocacy?JServSessionIdr005=wkb5yzfyg1.app7b&cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=113 Petition: More than two million children are enslaved in the global commercial sex trade. Sadly, U.S. citizens are among those from several industrialized countries who travel abroad for the purpose of having sex with these children. Child sex tourism has compounded the problem by creating an increased demand for young victims. U.S. citizens account for an estimated 25% of child sex tourists worldwide (this figure is as high as 80% in Costa Rica). With the passage of The Protect Act of 2003, the U.S. Congress better equipped the Department of Justice and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute U.S. citizens who sexually exploit children overseas. However, without increased resources to support the efforts of these agencies and the NGOs that they partner with, it will be difficult to identify and prosecute more than just a small percentage of the perpetrators. Thank you for your support of children. I look forward to hearing from you on this important issue.