With the growth of technology, traffickers and pimps are moving their business off the streets and onto the Internet, behind closed doors and out of sight;
Trafficked victims are bought and sold in hotel rooms and exploited in prostitution.
A trafficker may check into a hotel and run their business out of the rooms, unbeknownst to the employees, or use the hotel to meet with sex buyers.
When asked, service providers and law enforcement agencies report that almost every single pimped victim that came in contact with has been exploited at one point in hotels.
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TOURISM CHILD-PROTECTION CODE OF CONDUCT
"The Code"
The Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct is the only voluntary set of business principles travel and tour companies can implement to prevent child sex tourism and trafficking of children.
The Code is a joint venture between the tourism private sector and ECPAT. Companies that endorse The Code are supported by ECPAT-USA to:
- To establish a policy and procedures against sexual exploitation of children.
- To train employees in children's rights, the prevention of sexual exploitation and how to report suspected cases.
- To include a clause in contracts throughout the value chain stating a common repudiation and zero tolerance policy of sexual exploitation of children.
- To provide information to travelers on children's rights, the prevention of sexual exploitation of children and how to report suspected cases.
- To support, collaborate and engage stakeholders in the prevention of sexual exploitation of children.
- To report annually on their implementation of Code related activities.
*Signatories are required by the Code of Conduct Steering Committee to pay annual fees based on their revenues per year.
HOTEL INDUSTRY AND ECPAT-USA E-LEARNING MODULE AGAINST TRAFFICKING
The Role of Hospitality in Preventing and Reacting to Child Trafficking 30-minute course explains the risks trafficking can pose to properties, provides a list of signs and behaviors that may indicate child trafficking, and offers steps to respond to the situation in ways that minimize risk.
