Open you eyes to the Trafficking of Thais into London

[sukumvit boy]

This is not just a problem in Thailand,but throughout SE Asia.
You can help by reporting your suspicians to the appropriate authorities.

[rodinuk]

Not to take you to task, but it's so obvious...

So obvious that you cannot say what it is exactly?

How is it going to be achieved? Here's some brainstorming ideas:

Clients don't visit Thai escorts because the escorts are Thai?
- not many clients read this board or would even know the law about strict liability

Ban Thai ladyboys from the UK?
- unfair discrimination - could improve passport checks though - how about a special channel for Thais at every port/airport?

Ban escorts completely?
- please the Christian right in one fell swoop

Ban agencies?
- I suspect most of them are operating from overseas sites anyway

Ban clients?
- how do you identify them?

Legislate the Swedish model where the client is considered a criminal for procuring sex from an individual?

Legislate the American model where prostitution is illegal?

Legislate the Australian et al model where brothels are legal?
the Victorian attitude of the establishment won't buy this

Start a petition on the Government site and hope to get 100,000 for another debate on prostitution?

Wait for a Labour government to return and do something but hope that Harman/McTaggart et al. don't get their way?

Report the agency people to Crimestoppers?

My original comment was in the hope that it might get people thinking about solutions, leaving objective comments in support of gslang's request for a serious debate rather than fluffy or non-contributory comments

[rodinuk]

An additional question?

If you visited a Thai escort who was once trafficked but who now operates completely independently of their own free will is this illegal under the strict liability law?

[nysprod]

So obvious that you cannot say what it is exactly?

How is it going to be achieved? Here's some brainstorming ideas:

Clients don't visit Thai escorts because the escorts are Thai?
- not many clients read this board or would even know the law about strict liability

Well, I said obvious, not easy. If clients didn't use the agencies who specialize in these girls there wouldn't be trafficking...less demand = less supply....obviously, that's not going to happen, it's been going on for 1000's of years...

[Manclad]

50 Thai Ladyboys in London says 1 Poster all on fake Passports, so no one at the Embassy where the Visas was issued, no one at immigration/customs at Heathrow etc has noticed hundreds (over the years) Thai Ladyboys all arriving on fake passports. (Not Thai passports I assume as then the visa would not have to be fake) so Thais arriving on what say 'Canadian passports' and no one notices!!!

Thats a long stretch to be honest