Samut Sakhon karaoke bar raided for alleged child prostitution operation

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   Issan John

   Monday, December 7, 2020 at 4:33 pm

   If only organisations like ‘Operation Underground Railway’ and, to be fair, national authorities including Thailand’s took action to give the 16 and 17 year olds who go into prostitution some realistic alternative BEFORE they do so, and some worthwhile alternative AFTER they’ve been “rescued” other than putting them in a “protection centre” where they learn no marketable skills so most simply return to prostitution, drugs and petty crime as soon as they turn 18, then they might have some affect on the cycle of poverty – abuse – child prostitution – “rescue” – “protection centre” – return to prostitution.

   Instead they do nothing to address the root causes of the problems (poverty, poor education, no trade or vocational training, and few alternatives to prostitution) and simply pat themselves on the back for a job well done.

   Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), for example, the American not-for-profit NGO responsible for this ‘operation’, received over US$20,000,000 in sponsorship and donations last year and paid its staff an average annual salary of $55,000 not including expenses.

   It’s CEO and founder (Tim Ballard) very publicly gave up his salary from OUR last year, after controversially receiving $199,336 in 2017 and $343,022 in 2018 (although he is still paid for speaking engagements, interviews, and by other similar non not-for-profit organisations he heads such as the Nazarene Foundation, as well as for “travel expenses” including his private helicopter flights), and one director of OUR is his sister, another director his brother-in-law, the secretary another brother-in-law, and the CFO his sister-in-law.

   Meanwhile their contribution to support those “victims” who were “rescued”, to give them further education and vocational training and an alternative to a return to prostitution was US$0. Zero. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Sweet FA.

   (all figures from OUR’s own website)

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   Andreas

   Monday, December 7, 2020 at 8:16 pm

   Sex mit Minderjährigen – widerlich und beschämend. Nicht nur in Thailand, überall auf der welt.

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   Issan John

   Monday, December 7, 2020 at 9:30 pm

   Agreed, Andreas, but is the solution to lock up the minors or to give them better alternatives?

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   roo

   Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 10:46 am

   Such a crock of crap. Girls are doing that all over the country just keeping it on the down low. Many have sugar daddies who are policemen especially in smaller farming communities.

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