Counter Pedophilia Investigate Unit

Geneva,  (EFE).- At least 15 children have disappeared from Haiti’s hospitals since the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Friday.

“We have documented around 15 cases of children disappearing from hospitals and not with their own family at the time,” Unicef adviser Jean-Luc Legrand said in Geneva.

He said Unicef fears the youngsters may have been abducted by traffickers operating from the neighboring Dominican Republic.

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Pratul Sharma

New Delhi, January 2010

Hotels and airlines will no longer allow the use of the Internet on their premises by anyone searching for child pornography or sites that peddle child sex tourism.

If any of their employees is found helping tourists abuse children, these industries will ensure the workers are sacked and arrested. Besides, all employees will be trained to keep an eye on paedophiles.

These are some of the guidelines framed for the tourism industry to curb child sex tourism. The guidelines have been drawn up by Pacific Asia Travel Association’s (PATA) India chapter and the ministry of tourism. Sources said state tourism departments will start implementing them in the next two months.

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Vineeta Pandey / DNA                                   Thursday, January 7, 2010 2:09 IST

New Delhi: The government will crack down on the tourism industry if they don’t stop visitors from bringing children into their hotel rooms for sex or watching child pornography on the Internet.

The Centre has sent hotel owners and tour operators a set of guidelines and a code of conduct to prevent the sexual exploitation of children by guests. This means the tourism ministry not only wants all hotels and cyber cafes to keep an eye on what people watch on the Internet but also deny them access to child pornography content on websites and television.

The code forbids tourists from seeking out children for sex via chat rooms, discussions groups etc. Staff in hotels and cyber cafes at all tourist spots have been asked to alert local police if they find child pornography material on guests.

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Kingston man charged with 2d assault on a child

Joseph Gardner of Kingston (right) pleaded not guilty yesterday in Plymouth District Court to charges of raping a 3-year-old girl. (Ted Fitzgerald/ Associated Press/ Pool)

 By John R. Ellement and Jonathan Saltzman

 Globe Staff