Brazil's sex tourism boom

[Shana A]

30 July 2010 Last updated at 05:19 ET
Brazil's sex tourism boom

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-10764371

Young children are supplying an increasing demand from foreign tourists who travel to Brazil for sex holidays, according to a BBC investigation. Chris Rogers reports on how the country is overtaking Thailand as a destination for sex tourism and on attempts to curb the problem.

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Just a couple of streets away the pavement is lined with transvestites touting for clients. Among them 14-year-old Ronison and 12-year-old Ivan.

The cousins look convincing in their stilettos, mini skirts and blouses, and heavy make up.

"We need to earn money to buy rice and staple foods for our families," Ronison explains as he flicks back his long bobbed hair.