Cambodia steps up efforts against pedophile tourists [View All]

AP , PHNOM PENH
Monday, Mar 29, 2004,Page 4

Cambodian police have arrested a record number of foreigners suspected of preying on children for sex in the last 15 months, pointing to rapid progress in the enforcement of laws against pedophilia, police and activists say.

"I think police have become more sensitized, and are fed up with people coming to have sex with kids," said Pierre Legros, director of the group Acting for Women in Distressing Circumstances, known by its French acronym AFESIP, which helps child victims of sexual exploitation.

From the beginning of last year through this month, Cambodian police arrested at least 16 suspected foreign pedophiles -- up from eight in 2002. The men came from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand and the US and were mostly charged with debauchery, a Cambodian legal term for sexually abusing minors.

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