Stage Set for Sex Tourism to Flourish during Commonwealth Games, New Delhi
It has become an open secret that various international sporting events are best opportunities for the sex industry run by mafias around the world. Since the fall of so-called ‘socialist’ USSR and its disintegration, Russian mafia acquired prominence in world mafia. It is no wonder that the sex industry, one of the core businesses of the mafia kingdoms, is also dominated by the Russian mafia.
Since the 1990s when the USSR collapsed, the former Soviet economies have suffered death blows. Armed coups, rebellions of nationalities, mass movements and mass sufferings have become the order of the day. No country of erstwhile Soviet Union is yet stabilized and hence the destabilization of people’s lives. Hunger, unemployment, poverty, all such evils pushed them to succumb to the flesh trade, human trafficking under unruly mafia gangs. ‘Indian Association of Tour Operators’ has disclosed in July that sex workers mostly may come from countries like Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Chechnya and Kyrgyzstan and others to cash in on the Commonwealth Games. It doesn’t mean that western advanced countries do not offer such services. Actually, they are costly in this trade.
The Indian government has announced ‘code of ethics’ to curb sex tourism during Commonwealth Games. It has even sought the assistance of PATA, UNODC and NGOs like ‘Save the Children’ back in July. ‘Apne Aap Women Worldwide’ made an open appeal to the president of India “not to let the sex industry turn the CWG into a pimping opportunity,” in the second week of August. It is really pathetic, though coincidental that, right at the time of CWG event, Indian state, the ruling Congress Party, the parliament and the opposition in the parliament are led by high-profiled women.
Ministry of Tourism is more worried about disturbance of social fabric of the country than the flesh trade and sex tourism. Apart from over 100 brothels in New Delhi, it is suspected that girls may be brought from West Bengal and southern states of India because tribal girls from these states are most vulnerable due to their poverty.
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