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Boys in poorer countries are particularly vulnerable, as they are often forced to work to support their families, and end up being lured to popular tourist spots. Violence and abuse are common, as is substance abuse and sexually-transmitted infections including HIV and AIDS, according to a study on boys in Chiang Mai's sex industry.

No year-old should go through that," she said. And the offenders are not just Western tourists, but are just as likely to be locals and other Asian men," he said. Of these, at least 40 percent are under 18, and a significant number are boys, according to rights groups.

No one would connect the boys to the older, white men - and a pair of Chinese somethings - seated under a tree, or to the young man with the mobile phone leaning on a parked motorbike. Agents prey on boys at bus stations, or go to villages to recruit them.

Aceh’s brutal public canings, often in front of large crowds, have continued unabated during the COVID pandemic. Thailand's sandy beaches, gilded Buddhist temples and popular cuisine drew a record 35 million visitors inwith that number expected to rise to nearly 38 million this year, according to government data.

The boys, aged from 14 to 24, walk in pairs for greater safety, making eye contact with the men, who then communicate their choices to the man with the mobile phone.

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To clean up the country's image, the government recently partnered with airlines and charities to warn visitors about trafficking, urging them to report suspected cases. Children worldwide are more likely to be preyed upon by residents of their own homeland than foreign tourists seeking illicit sex, anti-trafficking experts say.

We have to involve the families, the communities that are putting them at risk, and talk about child rights, and safe migration," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Boys who are victims of sex trafficking learn to screen print at Urban Light, a non-profit, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The boys quickly run up debts with bar owners for clothes, drugs and money sent to their families, forcing them to remain in the bars, Russell said. The boys also display self-harming and suicidal tendencies, said Russell, who pawned her engagement and wedding rings to set up Urban Light.

Picture courtesy: Urban Light. Picture courtesy: Urban Light CHIANG MAI, Thailand, June 13 (Thomson Reuters. Go-go bars, karaoke lounges and parlours offering "soapy gay - bubble baths that usually end with sex - can be found in most cities and beach towns such as Phuket and Pattaya.

Thailand is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for sexual exploitation. If no one passes muster, the men head to one of dozens of bars and karaoke lounges that offer boys for sex. Two men in Banda Aceh were flogged 77 times each on Thursday 28 January for allegedly partaking in consensual same-sex relations, said Amnesty International Indonesia today.

A significant number are boys, campaigners say. Boys who are victims of sex trafficking learn to screen print at Urban Light, a non-profit, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This site is archived: Visit Context for the latest news and analysis on the three biggest issues affecting people, society and the environment.

This graphic video is being shown because the world must face what is happening to those accused of being gay. A Global Slavery Index, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation, estimates thatpeople live in conditions of modern slavery - including sexual slavery - in Thailand.

Yet it is much more hidden, so there's much less sympathy, and far fewer resources for boys," she said. It also runs vocational training for at-risk young people, and operates hour hotlines, said Krittat. Once the deal is done, the boys move to a side alley to wait for their clients.

But most of these efforts are focused on girls and women, leaving slave and young men asian, activists say. But for Alezandra Russell, founder of non-profit Urban Light, this scene - which unfolds every evening in one of the country's most popular tourist stops - sums up everything that is wrong with Thailand's approach to trafficking and slavery.