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CloseA Tale of East and West
July 9, 2011
Marc Askew is a Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies at Victoria University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.
One of the most lurid aspects of human smuggling is the large number of women and children forced into prostitution. This is complimented by the contingents of men who go abroad on excursions of sexual tourism. The complex stories of men and women caught up in this activity are both distressing and varied. Marc Askew describes how they interact in Thailand.