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==WORK IN PROGRESS==
===re-write the human trafficking in angeles article===



] in ], ]is illegal under The Trafficking in Persons Act. In 2003 the government passed a tough anti-trafficking law.<ref name="2003law">{{cite web|title = Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9208.html|accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
Senate President Drilon said in a statement, "This law should put an immediate stop to the despicable activities of modern-day slave traders engaged in trafficking persons, particularly women and children".<ref>http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/issues/prostitution_philippines.html</ref>

Philippine Department of Justice records show that from June 2003 until January 2005 there were 65 complaints received for alleged trafficking in persons violations in the entire nation. Not a single complaint was received for Angeles.<ref>http://www.doj.gov.ph/news_06-07-05.html</ref><ref>http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2005/11/16/news/.center.for.human.trafficking..html</ref>
In 2006 the Justice department tripled the number of prosecutors at the national level handling trafficking cases and increased resources at a regional level. This has resulted in a four-fold increase in the number of investigative cases presented for prosecution under the 2003 Anti-Trafficking Law.<ref name="sunstar">{{cite news | date=|title=US delists RP from human trafficking roster|publisher=Sun Star Manila|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/06/07/news/us.delists.rp.from.human.trafficking.roster.html|accessdate=2007-05-05}}</ref>

Acts of Trafficking in Persons include:

*To recruit, transport, transfer; harbor, provide, or receive a person by any means, including those done under the pretext of domestic or overseas employment or training or apprenticeship, for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

*To introduce or match for money, profit, or material, economic or other consideration, any person or, as provided for under Republic Act No. 6955, any Filipino woman to a foreign national, for marriage for the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling or trading him/her to engage in prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

*To offer or contract marriage, real or simulated, for the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling, or trading them to engage in prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor or slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

*To undertake or organize tours and travel plans consisting of tourism packages or activities for the purpose of utilizing and offering persons for prostitution, pornography or sexual exploitation;

*To maintain or hire a person to engage in prostitution or pornography;

*To adopt or facilitate the adoption of persons for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

*To recruit, hire, adopt, transport or abduct a person, by means of threat or use of force, fraud, deceit, violence, coercion, or intimidation for the purpose of removal or sale of organs of said person; and

*To recruit, transport or adopt a child to engage in armed activities in the Philippines or abroad.<ref name="chan9208" />

The ] takes complaints in incidents of human trafficking.

==Illegal Recruitment==
Illegal Recruitment for both overseas and domestic employment is a serious problem throughout the Philippines. The extent of the problem in Angeles is less clear. The economy in Angeles is growing. This may make Angeles, along with Manila, a more logical choice as a destination for illegal employment for domestic workers from more impoverished areas of the Philippines. (needs citations)

Illegal recruitment for overseas workers is thought to be more predominant. The abundance of go-go bars in the area is thought to attract recruiters interested in hiring workers for employment in the sex industry overseas. The primary destinations are Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Macau. (needs citations)

==Mail Order Brides==









Reports of child prostitution in the Philippines are highly distorted.<ref>http://www.newint.org/issue252/home.htm</ref> Unsourced random numbers are used as evidence of child prostitution but there is little hard evidence.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=GxifgnHkqAoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&source=web&ots=Fe-9XVl3ka&sig=7xXeMl1OWQfvmJfVArUU2v5Pyq4#PPA12,M1</ref>
The majority of ‘child prostitutes’ are not employed as prostitutes, nor do they work in brothels. In Manila they work as waitresses, receptionists, bar girls, ‘go-go’ dancers, and the degree to which they engage in sex-for-cash varies with occupation and personal predilection.<ref>http://www.newint.org/issue252/home.htm</ref> Nearly all the work written on child prostitution comes from NGOs writing to raise awareness of the problem. This work is almost always poorly researched and sensationalist in tone.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=GxifgnHkqAoC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&source=web&ots=Fe-9XVl3ka&sig=7xXeMl1OWQfvmJfVArUU2v5Pyq4#PPA12,M1</ref>

In 2003, Philippines passed a tough law against sex slavery and child prostitution.<ref name="chan9208">{{cite web
| url = http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9208.html
| title = Republic Act No. 9208
| accessdate = 2007-05-17
| date = 2004-07-19
| work = Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
| publisher = ChanRobles Publishing Company
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20040813191305/http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9208.html
| archivedate = 2004-08-13
| quote = An act to institute policies to eliminate trafficking in persons especially women and children, establishing the necessary institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of trafficked persons, providing penalties for its violations, and for other purposes.
}}</ref> However, enforcement is inconsistent.<ref name="SunStarCebu" /><ref name="BBCjustice" /><ref name="PREDAIrish" /> The Philippines ] broadly estimates 60,000 to 600,000 streetchildren are involved in child prostitution nationwide,<ref name="UNICEF60k">{{cite web
| title = Child pornography is larger than you imagine
| url = http://www.unicef.org/philippines/support/sup_12.html
| publisher = ]
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref> while reporting 137 "victims of trafficking, rape and violence" rescued during 25 operations in all the country between 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.dswd.gov.ph/searchdetails.php?id=398
| title = Anti-Trafficking Law Removes RP From U.S. Watch List
| accessdate = 2007-05-17
| author = DSWD-Social Marketing Service
| date = 2006-09-04
| work = Department of Social Welfare and Development
| publisher = dswd.gov.ph
| quote = Secretary Cabral also said that 137 victims of trafficking, rape and violence had been rescued during 25 rescue operations between 2003 and 2005. They were taken to DSWD centers for immediate assistance such as temporary shelter, psychosocial support, legal assistance and job training.
}}</ref><!--"inconsistent" is a compromise between sourced accusations and editors denial on this page -->

In a 2006 report to the ], Justice Secretary ] stated Philippine Department of Justice records show from June 2003 to January 2005 a total of 65 complaints received for alleged trafficking in persons violations in the entire nation, with no complaints received for Angeles City,<ref name="SunCebu">{{cite web
|url = http://www.doj.gov.ph/news_06-07-05.html
|title = Statement on the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report of the US State Department
|accessdate = 2007-08-13
|author = Secretary Raul M. Gonzalez
|authorlink = Raul Gonzalez (Philippines)
|work = Department of Justice
|publisher = Republic of the Philippines
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061006062129/http://www.doj.gov.ph/news_06-07-05.html
|archivedate = 2006-10-06
|quote = Based on our records, the Department has received 65 complaints for alleged trafficking in persons violations for the period June 2003-January 2005. ... These complaints involve 98 alleged traffickers/recruiters. ... Majority of these cases (35) were filed in Manila, Quezon City, Pasay City and the National Prosecution Offices, while others were filed in Zamboanga (8), Cebu (4), Davao City (4), Olongapo City (3), Lapu-Lapu City (3), La Union (2), Bacolod City (2), Kabankalan City (2), and Tagbilaran City (2).
}}</ref> and no convictions.<ref name="SunStarCebu">{{cite web
|url = http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2005/11/16/news/.center.for.human.trafficking..html
|title = Center for human trafficking
|accessdate = 2007-08-13
|last = Awit
|first = Jujemay G.
|date = 2005-11-16
|work = Sun Star Cebu
|publisher = Sun.Star Publishing, Inc.
|quote = Trafficking of persons is the greatest human rights challenge in the country, the ] Inc. (VFFI) said, although the problem remains 'hidden.' ... Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr., who heads the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, had decried the report. He said the justice department has received 65 complaints for alleged trafficking in persons violations from June 2003 to January 2005. ... Of these cases, 24 have been filed in court while 31 are pending preliminary investigation. These complaints involve 98 alleged traffickers/recruiters. ... acknowledged the government’s efforts to implement the anti-trafficking law, but it pointed out that the number of trafficking-related prosecutions remained low; and that no convictions were reported for anti-trafficking law violations. he Department of Justice has yet to secure a conviction.... e know that there is a problem but we cannot even show figures because victims are afraid. It is also alarming because people regard this as a natural phenomenon
}}</ref>

==Conditions==
Women and children involved in prostitution are vulnerable to rape, murder, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases along with every other human being.<ref>http://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/2005/V19n1/Swagman.htm</ref><ref>{{cite conference
| first = Aida F.
| last = Santos
| authorlink = Charities in the Philippines#CATW_-_Asia_Pacific
| year = 1997
| month = October
| title = Patriarchy, Poverty, Prostitution And Hiv/Aids: The Philippine Experience
| conference = 4th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
| conferenceurl =
| booktitle = 4th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, 25-29 October 1997: Speeches and Papers
| publisher = Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific (CATW-AP)
| location = Manila, Philippines
| url =
| accessdate = 2007-08-18
}} () "... potential high risk communities due to presence of prostitution and promotion of tourism, e.g., Pampanga."</ref> A 1999 survey in Angeles found 12% syphilis among female sex workers, 26% had gonorreha, and 38% had chlamydia.
<ref>http://www.remedios.com.ph/fhtml/mk1q2006_2ihb.htm</ref> Unsafe abortions render women vulnerable not only to infections and other health complications, including death. Because abortion is illegal in Philippines, mortality statistics are unavailable.<ref>http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvbt.htm</ref>

Working conditions are sometimes brutal.<ref name="IPSscourge" /> Although there is no hard evidence of children in brothels in Angeles, Ron O'Grady had the following to say about children in brothels in Asia:
{{Quote|We know that those children who are kept in brothels die quite young. die in many cases before they have had a chance to live. We know they die from AIDS, from drugs and from committing suicide.|Ron O'Grady, ]|interview<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/50/101.html
|title = Losing the Fight Against Child Sex Trade?
|accessdate = 2007-08-18
|last = Corben
|first = Ron
|date = 1998-07-10
|work = World History Archives
|publisher = Harford Web Publishing
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20000816233536/http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/50/101.html
|archivedate = 2000-08-16
}}</ref>}}

==History of sex industry in Angeles==
===1900s===
Go-go bars, massage parlors and prostitution were prominent in the "entertainment district" of ], ].
In 1991 a volcanic eruption of ] forced an ] and destroyed much of the ], a major United States military facility located 40 miles (60 km) northwest of Manila, which ] shortly thereafter. Most the of sex trade around the base closed at the same time due to the loss of the GI customers.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,SOF_0904_Slavery1,00.html |title=The Modern Scourge of Sex Slavery |publisher=Soldier of Fortune Magazine |author=Martin Brass |year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=The Sex Sector: The Economic and Social Bases of Prostitution in Southeast Asia |author= Lin Lean Lim|year=1998|publisher=International Labour Organization|id=ISBN 9221095223 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VFNKZbL1jWwC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&ots=w5KZvdwkPh&dq=%22prostitution%22+%22Angeles+City%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=X8XGA7in4nbY0g-n5FvwUXTS_So}}</ref> Mayor Alfredo Lim proceeded to crack down on Manila's remaining sex industry, causing many of these businesses to relocate to Angeles City, which borders on the closed base, and was becoming a popular tourist destination especially with former GI's.<ref name="TimePFCA" /><ref name="alrc_conf">{{cite journal
| last = Lauber
| first = Sabina
| year = 1995
| title = Confronting Sexual Exploitation: An Australian - Philippine Dialogue
| journal = Reform Bulletin
| volume = Winter 1995
| issue = 67
| issn = 0313-153X
| url = http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reform/reform67/ALRCR67CONFRONTINGSEXUALE.html
| accessdate = 2007-05-15
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20000917025145/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reform/reform67/ALRCR67CONFRONTINGSEXUALE.html
| archivedate = 2000-09-17
| laysummary = Sabina Lauber a lawyer with the Australian Law Reform Commission, has recently returned from a conference in Manila on the sexual exploitation of women where she presented a paper on Australian and International laws affecting Filipino women in Australia. In this article she reports on the conference and the study tour that preceded it.
| quote = In Angeles city in particular, up to 80 per cent of the bars and hotels are owned or managed by Australians. When the Manila local government attempted to close down the sex industry in central Manila, many of the businesses moved to Angeles. Once the site of a major US army base, it seems that Australians have taken over this thriving entertainment and prostitution centre.... Angeles has become a favourite tourist destination, and shuttle buses regularly take tourists directly from Manila airport to Angeles.... Some women present estimated that over half of the male Filipino population would regularly use the services of prostituted women and children. This is in addition to the masses of male tourists that flock to this growing international sex-capital. To keep up with the demand, women and children are regularly recruited from provincial areas with promises of a career as a waitress or singer, a regular income and secure housing. They are further encouraged by their families who rely on the income of their children to live.
}}</ref>
By the late 1990's, UNICEF estimated that there are 60,000 child prostitutes in the Philippines and many of the 200 brothels in the notorious Angeles City offer children for sex.<ref name="UNICEF60k" /><ref name="BBCaction">{{cite web
|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0830/phil.shtml
|title= Britain to Take Action Against Sex Tourists
|accessdate= 2007-06-13
|date=1997-08-30
|work= politic 97
|publisher= BBC
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20010619002242/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/08/0830/phil.shtml
|archivedate=2001-06-19
|quote= British men are among many foreigners who flock to the Philippines for sex with children. Two of the three foreigners so far convicted for child abuse in a Philippine government get-tough policy have been British. Steven Mitchell, 44, is serving 17 years for sexual activities with small boys and Michael Clarke, 50, is serving 16 years for organising sex tours. UNICEF estimates that there are 60,000 child prostitutes in the Philippines and many of the 200 brothels in the notorious Angeles City offer children for sex.
}}</ref> However, exact numbers are disputed in the absence of reliable research studies.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.newint.org/issue252/home.htm
|title = Home truths
|accessdate = 2007-08-18
|last = Black
|first = Maggie
|year = 1994
|month = February
|work = New Internationalist, issue 252
|publisher = New Internationalist (NI) workers' co-operative
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20021022202427/http://www.newint.org/issue252/home.htm
|archivedate = 2002-10-22
|quote = No-one can deny that such abuses do take place and rightly arouse horrified concern on behalf of the children involved. ECPAT and others have deservedly won praise for exposing them. But as a characterization of the vast majority of ‘child prostitution’ in Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, or virtually anywhere else, this picture is highly distorted. Solid information is seriously lacking. ...here are no research studies which provide reliable information about the extent of child prostitution ... either globally or within a specific country.
}}</ref><ref name="SunCebu" />

===21st century===
The current trade is dominated by Australian bar operators, and sustained by tourists seeking inexpensive sex, often with children.<ref>{{citation|title=The Sociology of Tourism|author= Yiorgos Apostolopoulos, Stella Leivadi, Andrew Yiannakis|year=1996|publisher=Routledge|id=ISBN 0415135087|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=6C4QuDjrVToC&pg=RA4-PA271&ots=NkOHv7kPua&dq=%22prostitution%22+%22Angeles+City%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=T7A585Q1Tu6CuNb1AUUym0E_1Ok}}</ref>
In bars catering mostly to foreign men, girls are sold for a "bar fine".<ref name="daddy"/> In addition to the masses of tourists, many Filipinos men use these services.<ref name="alrc_conf" /><ref name="IPSscourge">{{cite web
| url = http://www.ips.fi/koulut/199742/6.htm
| title = Philippines-Children: Scourge of Child Prostitution
| accessdate = 2007-05-15
| last = Juvida
| first = Sol F.
| date = 1997-10-12
| work = Inter Press Service
| publisher = IPS-Inter Press Service
| archiveurl = http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Ten5nYdHCC8J:www.ips.fi/koulut/199742/6.htm+http://www.ips.fi/koulut/199742/6.htm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
| archivedate = 2007-07-12
| quote = The country's top five spots for child prostitution all have more than their fair share of foreign visitors: Metro Manila, Angeles City, Puerto Galera in Mindoro province, Davao and Cebu.... A study by the Women's Education, Development, Productivity and Research Organisation says while there is a ''substantial proportion'' of foreign customers due to sex tourism, ''Filipinos are the main users of Filipinas forced into prostitution''.
}}</ref> Children and teenagers are lured into the industry from poor areas by promises of money and care, and are kept there by threats, ] and the fear of poverty.<ref name="daddy" /><ref name="alrc_conf" /><ref name="TimePFCA">{{cite web
|url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,106430,00.html
|title = The Forgotten Angels
|accessdate = 2007-08-18
|last = Beech
|first = Hannah
|date= 2001-04-16
|work = ]
|publisher= Time Inc.
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070123175954/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,106430,00.html
|archivedate = 2007-12-31
|quote = hen Clark closed in 1991, everything changed. By the mid-'90s, the town began marketing its nubile wares on the Web, offering two-week, $1,700 sex tours to American and European men hankering for young flesh. ... ] reinvigorated business, too: by 1999, the visiting population of Angeles had shifted from young American G.I.s to boozy retirees.... Unfortunately, the girls they liked best were the ones most likely to get pregnant: callow ] girls from the countryside with little knowledge of birth control.
}}</ref>

] reports evidence of growing child pornography production in Angeles City.<ref name="MalayaUNICEF">{{cite web
| url = http://www.malaya.com.ph/apr06/news4.htm
| title = Child exploitation growing
| accessdate = 2007-05-20
| last = Lopez
| first = JP
| coauthors = Jumilla, Marilou and Hachero, Ashzel
| date = 2005-04-06
| work = Malaya News
| publisher = People's Independent Media Inc.
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050829023203/http://malaya.com.ph/apr06/news4.htm
| archivedate = 2005-08-29
| quote = Unicef executive director Carol Bellamy... said the UN study found extensive evidence of child pornography in the Philippines, particularly in tourist destinations like Pagsanjan in Laguna, Angeles City, Baguio City and Puerto Galera in Mindoro.... According to the study, the number of reported child pornography victims totaled nine in 2000; four in 2001; seven in 2002 and 13 in 2003. Child prostitution data listed 186 reported cases in 2000; 224 in 2001; 245 in 2002, and 247 in 2003.
}}</ref>

====Cyberporn sex rings====
Over the past few years there has been a rise in cyberporn sex rings in Angeles. Philippines lawmaker Joseph Santiago states that Angeles City alone, has been classified a cybersex and sex-tourism hotspot by the Philippines National Police.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/402881910674ebab010674f5aaf11ef9.do.html
| title = Asia hunts sex tourists
| publisher = The Asian Pacific Post
| date = 2007-09-07
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref> Police have already smashed a number of paedophile cyberporn rings in Angeles.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20040404/ai_n12891047
| title = Hunt for Boss of Internet Paedo Ring
| publisher = ]
| date = 2004-04-04
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref> Further police raids on cybersex dens in Angeles City have shown that they are run by foreigners and that the customers are expatriates from the West as well as affluent men from Japan and South Korea.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35895
| title = Internet Pushing Real Time Porn
| publisher = Inter Press Service News Agency
| date = 2006-12-19
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref> Police have revealed that that children are being sold by their parents in this
"new market".
In Angeles City Philippines, drugs and sex work are so integrated that those who control the drug scene also control the prostitution industry.<ref>http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvbt.htm</ref>

==Reaction of foreign governments==
===United States===
In 2004 the United States ] "Trafficking in Persons Report" placed the Philippines on the Tier 2 Watch List.
The report stated that the Philippine government did "not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking."<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33191.htm#thephilippines
| title = Trafficking in Persons Report 2004, The Philippines (Tier 2 - Watch List)
| publisher = ]
| accessdate = 2007-04-28}}</ref> The 2006 version of the same report upgraded the Philippines from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2, stating ''The Philippines is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor''. The report states that ''The Philippines is making significant efforts to comply with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.'' The report goes on to say ''There is substantial internal trafficking within the Philippines, primarily from rural to urban metropolitan areas, and sexual exploitation of children. Endemic poverty, a high unemployment rate, a cultural propensity toward migration, a weak rule-of-law environment, and sex tourism all contribute to significant trafficking activity in the Philippines.''<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2006/65989.htm
| title = Trafficking in Persons Report 2006, The Philippines (Tier 2)
| publisher = ]
| accessdate = 2007-04-26}}</ref>. The 2007 report says much the same thing, but notes that ''There was only one conviction under the 2003 anti-trafficking law during the reporting period.''<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2007/82806.htm
| title = Trafficking in Persons Report 2007, The Philippines (Tier 2)
| publisher = ]| accessdate = 2007-06-13}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
In 1998 the ] government announced a clampdown on child sex tourism where paedophiles from rich western countries travel to poorer countries such as the Philippines for the purpose of exploiting children.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/72622.stm
| title = Clampdown on child sex tourism
| date = 1998-04-01
| publisher = ]
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref>

The U.K. has stated "Philippine law on paedophile activity is severe, and strictly enforced. Severe penalties can be passed in child abuse or rape cases. A child is defined in Philippine law as a person under the age of 18. Entrapment may also occur where strangers with children have befriended single male tourists; allegations of abuse are then made in an attempt to extort money."<ref>http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618386343</ref>

===International===
] executive director Carol Bellamy states Philippines is among the few countries making a dent in the fight against the trafficking of women and children. She also opines "This is not going to be easy. We are dealing with criminals and they are not stupid. There are lots of money to be made and they will go to any length to continue harming and exploiting children in this awful way".<ref name="MalayaUNICEF" />

] has a zero tolerance policy regarding trafficking in human beings by NATO forces and staff; however, NATO troops are not restricted from visiting Angeles City and there remains a large community of ]s in Angeles, many of whom are retired military.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.nato.int/issues/trafficking/index.html
| title = Trafficking in human beings
| accessdate = 2007-05-21
| date = 2004-07-09
| work = NATO Topics
| publisher = NATO - OTAN
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20040820004501/http://www.nato.int/issues/trafficking/index.html
| archivedate = 2004-08-20
| quote = ] has a ] policy regarding trafficking in human beings by NATO forces and staff. This policy was adopted in June 2004 and endorsed by NATO Heads of State and Government at the Istanbul Summit.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.philnews.com/2005/va.html
| title = Universal Jurisdiction Needed to Convict Child Traffickers
| accessdate = 2007-02-08
| last = Cullen
| first = Fr. Shay
| authorlink = PREDA Foundation
| date = 2005-09-21
| work = Philippine NewsLink
| publisher = Philippine NewsLink
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20051023002725/http://www.philnews.com/2005/va.html
| archivedate = 2005-10-23
| quote = The United States of America and NATO commanders are trying to implement a zero tolerance forbidding troops to frequent sex bars. This is proving hard to do especially in Korea, Okinawa, Japan and Angeles City in the Philippines.
}}</ref><ref>http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/2004/06-istanbul/docu-traffic.htm</ref>

===Response from The Republic of Philippines=== <!-- This really needs to go somewhere else. Heading is to separate from "International" -->
In 2003, Philippines passed a tough law against sex slavery and child prostitution.<ref name="chan9208">{{cite web
| url = http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9208.html
| title = Republic Act No. 9208
| accessdate = 2007-05-17
| date = 2004-07-19
| work = Chan Robles Virtual Law Library
| publisher = ChanRobles Publishing Company
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20040813191305/http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9208.html
| archivedate = 2004-08-13
| quote = An act to institute policies to eliminate trafficking in persons especially women and children, establishing the necessary institutional mechanisms for the protection and support of trafficked persons, providing penalties for its violations, and for other purposes.
}}</ref> Severe penalties can be passed in child abuse or rape cases.<ref>http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618386343</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:QwyUJ9WfneMJ:www.pnp.gov.ph/press/press/content/news/2001/JUL/5mostwantedmen_25jul2001.pdf+%22angeles+city%22+%22rape%22+arrest+-%22los+angeles%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&client=firefox-a|title=5 MOST WANTED MEN FALL|publisher=Public Information Office, Quezon City|accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref><ref>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/14/1063478066604.html</ref><ref>http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35895</ref><ref>http://www.pnp.gov.ph/about/content/offices/central/cidg/content/cidg.html</ref><ref>http://www.pnp.gov.ph/down/content/a_rpt/ar2001/AReportl2001.htm</ref>
Philippine Department of Justice records show that from June 2003 until January 2005 there were 65 complaints received for alleged trafficking in persons violations in the entire nation. Not a single complaint was received for Angeles.<ref>http://www.doj.gov.ph/news_06-07-05.html</ref><ref>http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2005/11/16/news/.center.for.human.trafficking..html</ref>

Senate President Drilon said in a statement, "This law should put an immediate stop to the despicable activities of modern-day slave traders engaged in trafficking persons, particularly women and children".<ref>http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/issues/prostitution_philippines.html</ref> The Justice department tripled the number of prosecutors at the national level handling trafficking cases and increased resources at a regional level. This has resulted in a four-fold increase in the number of investigative cases presented for prosecution under the 2003 Anti-Trafficking Law.<ref name="sunstar">{{cite news | date=|title=US delists RP from human trafficking roster|publisher=Sun Star Manila|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/06/07/news/us.delists.rp.from.human.trafficking.roster.html|accessdate=2007-05-05}}</ref>

As noted in the 2006 US report above, the Philippines government has made significant efforts to deal with the problem. In 2003 the government passed a tough anti-trafficking law<ref name="2003law">{{cite web|title = Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003|url=http://www.chanrobles.com/republicactno9208.html|accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>.
Senate President Drilon said in a statement, "This law should put an immediate stop to the despicable activities of modern-day slave traders engaged in trafficking persons, particularly women and children".<ref>http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/issues/prostitution_philippines.html</ref> The Justice department tripled the number of prosecutors at the national level handling trafficking cases and increased resources at a regional level. This has resulted in a four-fold increase in the number of investigative cases presented for prosecution under the 2003 Anti-Trafficking Law.<ref name="sunstar">{{cite news | date=|title=US delists RP from human trafficking roster|publisher=Sun Star Manila|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/06/07/news/us.delists.rp.from.human.trafficking.roster.html|accessdate=2007-05-05}}</ref>

Angeles City Police say there is no truth to reports of a human trafficking problem.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2007/0726_revilla1.asp
|title = Revilla Asks "Sex Slave Camp" Whistleblower To Surface
|accessdate = 2007-08-11
|date = 16 July 2007
|work = Press Release
|publisher = Senate of the Philippines
|archiveurl = http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Yr8fIZdNYwoJ:www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2007/0726_revilla1.asp+http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2007/0726_revilla1.asp&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
|archivedate = 2007-08-10
|quote = Senator Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr. today appealed to the public, including the initiator of an anti-prostitution petition in the Internet, to give concrete details to law enforcement agencies regarding the alleged sex slave camps in Angeles City , Pampanga. … According to the senator, coordination with the authorities particularly with the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be a big help to confirm whether the so called prostitution slave camps in Angeles City really do exist.
}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/07/20/cop.chief.denies.sex.slave.camp.in.angeles.html
|title = Cop chief denies sex slave camp in Angeles
|last = Navales
|first = Reynaldo G.
|accessdate = 2007-08-11
|date = 16 July 2007
|work = Sun Star Network Online
|publisher = Sun Star Publishing, Inc.
|archiveurl = http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:MsO2uyAAxHwJ:www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/07/20/cop.chief.denies.sex.slave.camp.in.angeles.html+http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/07/20/cop.chief.denies.sex.slave.camp.in.angeles.html&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
|archivedate = 2007-08-06
|quote = Police Chief Sonny Cunanan said there is no truth to reports that a prostitution slave camp exists in Angeles City. … In his letter to Sun.Star Pampanga, Cunanan said: "Be informed that this office (Angeles City Police Office) strongly disclaimed any illegal activity such as a slave camp within Angeles City.
}}</ref>

==Corruption==
<!-- The formulation of this section as a collection of quotes is unencyclopedic, and looks like a by-product of political nitpicking. Could use some better sources so the situation can be described more plainly. -->
{{quote|Corruption in the police force and among politicians is reported to be prevalent, and the Conference heard that the powerful ] often turns a blind eye to what is going on.|Sabina Lauber, Law Reform Officer for the ]|reporting on a paper she presented regarding laws affecting Filipino women, and the study tour that preceded it<ref name="alrc_conf" />}}

Along with the Human Trafficking trade comes all forms of government corruption.
A Philippines national Senate investigation led by Jamby Madrigal, chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations found:
"Police investigators have been found to let off foreign men accused of having sex with minors in exchange for sums of several thousand euro."<ref name="PREDAIrish">{{cite web
| url = http://www.tribune.ie/article.tvt?_scope=TribuneFTF&id=77709
| title = Revealed: In Cities And Towns All Over The Philippines, Irishmen Pay To Have Sex With Children
| accessdate = 2007-05-21
| last = Burke
| first = John
| coauthors = Rice, Eoghan
| date = 2006-09-24
| work = ], Dublin, Ireland
| publisher = Tribune Newspapers PLC
| archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5OzhDYYFa
| archivedate = 2007-05-21
| quote = By bribing local officials, these men are allowed to abuse children free from police intervention. The Sunday Tribune witnessed European men groping patently underage girls in the sex bars of Manila, Angeles and Olongapo.... Cases against several highprofile alleged child abusers from Europe have collapsed amid claims that payments to police and officials have been made.... One group of western men the Sunday Tribune met in a bar in Angeles said that one of their friends was forced to pay a substantial amount of money to police after being caught in bed with an underage girl.... Ninety-eight percent said they took no enjoyment from the work. Shockingly, over one-third said that they had been subject to physical violence, including sexual assault and harassment.... The sources of this abuse were clients, corrupt police and gangsters.}}</ref>

According to a Philippines judge, Ofelia Pinto, few sex industry cases in the Philippines result in prison. '"In most cases," she says frankly, "the key witnesses are simply paid off."'<ref name="BBCjustice">{{cite web
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4724760.stm
| title = No justice for victims of sex tourism
| accessdate = 2007-04-30
| last = Harding
| first = Andrew
| date = 2006-02-19
| work = BBC News, Philippines
| publisher = BBC
| quote = She thinks back carefully over all her trials involving the local sex industry and admits that she has sent almost no-one to prison. ... In most cases, she says frankly, the key witnesses are simply paid off.
}}</ref> Philippines government efforts since 2003 may have some impact on this. In 2006 the Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez Sr. was quoted as issuing a directive ''ordering all prosecutors to give preferential attention to trafficking cases and to oppose any motions for dismissal due to lack of testimony by witnesses in trafficking cases or where the defendant had made a financial settlement with the victim or other family members.''<ref name="sunstar"/>

==Arrests and people actions==
Child Welfare Organizations have been actively involved in the fight against the child sex slavery trade in Angeles. Working undercover with Law Enforcement Agencies and volunteers, with the help of hidden cameras, uncovered two bars employing minors in Angeles in 2003<ref>http://www.preda.org/archives/research/digest/digest52.html</ref><ref>{{cite web
| last = Cullen
| first = Fr. Shay
| authorlink = PREDA Foundation
| url = http://www.preda.org/archives/1997/r9708011.htm
| title = Paper to Child Labor Coalition, Washington
| publisher = PREDA
| year = 1997
| month = August
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref><ref name="daddy"/>

In a ] project for former bar workers, Kalayaan, a feminist group in Angeles City, sponsored street food stalls outside bars and clubs catering to foreigners. For several years, these formed a venue for past and current workers and their friends and associates to gather and organise over issues such as the rape of bar staff by expatriate owners.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.un.org/esa/gopher-data/ga/cedaw/16/country/C-PHI4E
| title = The Philippines
| accessdate = 2007-06-01
| date = 1996-07-25
| work = Consideration Of Reports Submitted By States Parties Under Article 18 Of The Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women
| publisher = United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, DPCSD
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20001209065800/http://www.un.org/esa/gopher-data/ga/cedaw/16/country/C-PHI4E
| archivedate = 2000-12-20
| quote = Kalayaan, a feminist group in Angeles City, has organized,
trained and provided credit to a small pilot cooperative of bar
women around the former base areas who generated income from
operating food stalls.
}}</ref><ref name="HughesHarm">{{cite book
| last = Santos
| first = Aida F.
| editor = Hughes, Donna M.; Roche, Claire M.
| title = Making the Harm Visible: Global Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Speaking Out and Providing Services
| url = http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/mhvbt.htm
| accessdate = 2007-06-01
| edition =
| series =
| date =
| year = 1999
| month =
| publisher = The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
| location =
| language =
| isbn = 0-9670857-0-50
| oclc =
| doi =
| id =
| pages =
| chapter = The Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls in the Philippines
| chapterurl =
| quote = Since 1992, WEDPRO has implemented micro enterprise training in management and micro finance activities for survivors of prostitution; presently the program includes women from poor communities in Angeles City. One of the concrete results of this program is the establishment of food stalls in Angeles City as the pioneer attempt to assist women survivors right after the removal of the U.S. bases.
}} ]-]</ref><ref> ]</ref> The stalls were torn down in 2002.<ref>http://www.harrythehorse.com/2002/april.htm</ref>

==The Trafficking in Persons Act==
Acts of Trafficking in Persons. - It shall be unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to commit any of the following acts:

a) To recruit, transport, transfer; harbor, provide, or receive a person by any means, including those done under the pretext of domestic or overseas employment or training or apprenticeship, for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

b) To introduce or match for money, profit, or material, economic or other consideration, any person or, as provided for under Republic Act No. 6955, any Filipino woman to a foreign national, for marriage for the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling or trading him/her to engage in prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

c) To offer or contract marriage, real or simulated, for the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling, or trading them to engage in prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor or slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

d) To undertake or organize tours and travel plans consisting of tourism packages or activities for the purpose of utilizing and offering persons for prostitution, pornography or sexual exploitation;

e) To maintain or hire a person to engage in prostitution or pornography;

f) To adopt or facilitate the adoption of persons for the purpose of prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;

g) To recruit, hire, adopt, transport or abduct a person, by means of threat or use of force, fraud, deceit, violence, coercion, or intimidation for the purpose of removal or sale of organs of said person; and

h) To recruit, transport or adopt a child to engage in armed activities in the Philippines or abroad.<ref name="chan9208" />

The ] takes complaints in incidents of human trafficking.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{cite web
| last = Cullen
| first = Fr. Shay
| authorlink = PREDA Foundation
| url = http://qc.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/2736.php
| title = Sex Tourism Is Big Money for Pimps and Politicians
| publisher = Quezon City Independent Media Centre
| date = 2005-03-03
| accessdate = 2007-02-07}}
*{{cite news
| first = Kathy
| last = Marks
| title = In the clubs of the Filipino sex trade, a former RUC officer is back in business
| url = http://www.independent.co.uk//eceRedirect?articleId=44952&pubId=55
| work = The Independent
| publisher = Independent News and Media Limited
| date = 2004-06-28
| accessdate = 2007-05-15
}}

Revision as of 09:01, 19 September 2007

The quest for the Truth

my hobby as of late has been exposing lies found on wikipedia. i started with my recently adopted home town of Angeles City, Philippines.

here's an incomplete list of the lies found so far on both wikipedia and elsewhere about Angeles....

1. Angeles is a slum -- LIE (its a first class city)

2. Angeles has the highest incidence of AIDS in the Philippines -- LIE (it doesnt even appear on the list)

3. There are shuttle buses to ferry pedophiles directly to Angeles from the airport -- LIE (there are no shuttle buses from the airport to Angeles at all)

4. Prostitution is Human Trafficking -- LIE (it isnt. simple as that)

5. The first case of AIDS in the philippines was from Angeles --LIE (first case was in Manila)

6. A woman or Child is raped or killed on average every six seconds in Angeles City, Philippines. --LIE (at that rate the entire female population would be raped or killed in only 10 days)

7. 150,000 girls work in Angeles City, Philippines as prostitutes. --LIE (Angeles, population 280,000, doesnt even have that many females total, nevermind working as prostitutes).

8. Despite the fact that prostitution is illegal in Angeles not one person has been convicted of this crime. --LIE (there have been numerous convictions)

9. The prostitution trade is controlled by foreign gangs. --LIE (there are no reports of foreign gangs in Angeles)

10. "Young girls are forced to work" as prostitutes "up to twenty hours a day" --LIE (a completely fictional and unverifiable claim)

11. Prostitutes "are expected to sevice (sic) up to 100 customers a week." --LIE (150,000 times 100?!! thats 15 million customers every week!!)

12. The girls are locked away to sleep watched over by armed security gaurds who carry batons, electric prods and shotguns. --LIE (girls working as bargirls, mistakenly referred to as prostitutes, commonly rent apartments together in small groups and freely come and go as they please just like anyone else that rents an apartment on their own)

13. The average life expectancy of a bar girl is 25. --LIE (the actual life expectancy of a bargirl is higher than the general population because unlike the general population they can afford proper health care).

14. 300,000 women and children have died in the prostitution death camps of Angeles. --LIE (there are no death camps. nobody has any information on the existence of any death camps although it has been investigated by numerous agencies)

15. At election time the gangs intimidate the poor local Filipino people --LIE (as said before, there are no gangs. ballots are secret and people are free to vote for anyone they choose)

16. I have posted another editors street address --LIE (never happened)