In 1992, the Philippine government passed a new law to protect children. They established a law for any child molesters who abuses anyone younger than ten to give them penalty up to death. Many other countries are working on reforming their laws now. But foreigners are often beyond prosecution because they go to towns where the commercial sex industries are protected by police and politicians. Sex tourists of every nationality are still going to the Philippines and Thailand.
Child prostitution is like an international business where the children are commodities.
This is especially tragic because Japanese are among the biggest purchasers of sex from Asian children. One Japanese pedophile was released on bail after being arrested in 1991, so he could go out and prey on children over again. Current Japanese law is not adequate in dealing with sexual crimes conducted against children. Much to my regret, it is not illegal in Japan to distribute child pornography and even small children can get it from any book- stores very easily. As we know, child pornography advertises that industry.