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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Commercial Sexual
Exploitation Of Children (CSEC) James Varney, The
Times Picayune ( www.dol.gov/ILAB/media/reports/iclp/bulletin/Sept2002.htm [accessed 3 July
2011] [scroll down] "As they say in
this dingy border junction with ***
ARCHIVES *** ECPAT - Report on
the scale, scope and context of the sexual exploitation of children [PDF] Maria Ibañez Beltran, ECPAT International, October2019 www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ECPAT-Country-Overview-Research-Report-Panama-2019.pdf [accessed 25 August
2020] Desk review of
existing information on the sexual exploitation of children (SEC) in Panama,
Central America. The overview gathers existing publicly available information
on sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (SECTT), online
child sexual exploitation (OCSE), trafficking of children for sexual
purposes, sexual exploitation of children through prostitution, child early
and forced marriage (CEFM) and identifies gaps, research needs, and
recommendations. Human
Rights Reports » 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 10, 2020 www.state.gov/reports/2019-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/panama/ [accessed 6
September 2020] SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN - The law prohibits the commercial sexual exploitation,
sale, and offering for prostitution of children, in addition to child
pornography. Officials from the Ministry for Public Security continued to
prosecute cases of sexual abuse of children, including within indigenous
communities. Ministry officials believed that commercial sexual exploitation
of children occurred, including in tourist areas in Panama City and in beach
communities, although they did not keep separate statistics. In September,
seven Panamanians were detained for their connections to an international
child pornography ring based in Brazil. For two and one-half months, Panama
and Brazil worked together with authorities in El Salvador, Paraguay, Chile,
Ecuador, and other foreign countries to capture and imprison the individuals
responsible for this child pornography ring as part of Operation Luz de la Infancia. 2018 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor Office of Child
Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor
Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2019 www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ILAB/child_labor_reports/tda2018/ChildLaborReportBook.pdf [accessed 6
September 2020] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor [page 930] The Government of
Panama conducted 34 forced labor or sex trafficking investigations in 2018.
Notably, two of those cases involved the rescue of two indigenous minors from
forced labor situations. (10) Child labor training was provided to 47
National Commission for the Prevention of Crimes of Sexual Exploitation
(CONAPREDES) staff, as well as to 105 law enforcement officials, 55
prosecutors, and 21 members of the Maritime and Tourism Authorities. (1)
Furthermore, in September 2018, the Trafficking in Persons Commission
participated in an interagency event to combat sexual exploitation that was
carried out by CONAPREDES and targeted school-age children in Panama. (10) Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 4 June 2004 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/panama2004.html [accessed 15
December 2010] [58] The Committee
welcomes the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. It remains
concerned that sexual exploitation and abuse continue to be serious problems
and that the victims of sexual exploitation do not have access
to appropriate recovery and assistance services. The Committee also remains
concerned about the lack of data to determine the real dimension of the
problem of child abuse and sexual exploitation and about the insufficient
measures to prevent and combat trafficking of children. Five Years After ECPAT: Fifth Report
on implementation of the Agenda for Action ECPAT International,
November 2001 www.no-trafficking.org/content/web/05reading_rooms/five_years_after_stockholm.pdf [accessed 13
September 2011] [B]
COUNTRY UPDATES – Child Prostitution:
A Growing Scourge W. E. Gutman, www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_10/issue_07/travel_01.html [accessed 17
September 2011] lab.org.uk/sex-tourism-threatens-central-america%E2%80%99s-youth/ [accessed 24 October
2017] A
REGION OUT OF CONTROL - Little is known about the sexual exploitation
of minors in Panama. Massage parlors are said to be employing underage girls,
mostly from IPEC action against
child trafficking International Labour
Organisation ILO, World Of Work
(No. 41, December 2001) www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/magazine/41/traffic.htm [accessed 3 July
2011] SOUTH & CENTRAL Thematic Reports -
Mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur
on the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography, (E/CN.4/1997/95,
para. 20) At one time this
article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 17
September 2011] [scroll down to
THEMATIC REPORTS MECHANISMS
OF THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - The report refers to the adoption of Act
No. 15 of 1990, which categorized certain activities involving minors (rape, sexual
molestation and prostitution) as aggravated offences. The government
indicated to the Special Rapporteur that the law has not succeeded in
preventing such practices, partly because of the sophisticated communications
technology currently used by organized crime. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** The Department of Labor’s 2004 Findings on
the Worst Forms of Child Labor www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/panama.htm [accessed 15
December 2010] Note:: Also check out this country’s report in the more recent edition DOL
Worst Forms of Child Labor INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61736.htm [accessed 10
February 2020] TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS -
Commercial sexual exploitation of minors continued to be a problem.
Commercial sexual exploitation remained primarily an internal issue. However,
perpetrators included foreigners, and there continued to be limited evidence
of international trafficking networks of minors to or through the country.
NGO and government efforts in prevention and education remained limited by
lack of resources and coordination problems. All
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