Mar 2004
Economic hardship in Bali is fuelling a vicious child sex trade. Foreign paedophiles are attracted by highly organised sex rings.
"Take a deep breath. I will take you back to the incident when you had an unpleasant experience with Tony." A 15 year old boy is undergoing hypnosis to help him recover from his experience of rape. He can still hardly walk and the mental wounds may never heal. Worse still, it appears his abuser is part of a much wider paedophile ring. In one leafy suburb a local man points out several homes used for "parties with primary school kids. They use it for selling children." Increasing poverty is fuelling the trade; hotels are forced to turn a blind eye to the sex trade to secure custom. "They need the money so it is easy for paedophiles to operate," explains nurse Gloria Goodwin. Traditionally, convicted child abusers face only a short spell in jail. But pressure is growing for the courts to take a tougher stance.
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