Claims of Taiwanese-run Guam prostitution probed
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February 16, 2012, 12:00 am TWNSHARECLOSE
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TAIPEI--The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday it is looking into a local magazine report that claimed the existence of a large-scale Taiwanese prostitution operation in Guam. The ministry is trying to gain an understanding of the situation, MOFA spokesman James Chang said.
The Chinese-language weekly Next Magazine reported Wednesday that United States authorities have found many Taiwanese women working as prostitutes in the U.S.-held territory.
In an effort to curb the illegal behavior, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has asked Taiwan's Investigation Bureau and National Police Agency to regulate Taiwanese tourists in Guam, the report said.
Taiwanese residents do not need visas to visit Guam if they are traveling on a direct round-trip flight with a stay of less than 45 days, AIT spokesman Christopher Kavanagh said.
Asked if the situation would hurt Taiwan's candidacy for the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP), Kavanagh said that “Taiwan was nominated for the VWP because it satisfied the requirements incumbent on it for nomination.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/02/16/331818/Claims-of.htm
Three in Guam charged with forcing Chinese women into sex slavery
November 18, 1998
Web posted at: 4:12 a.m. EST (0912 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three people are in federal custody in Guam after they were arrested overnight for allegedly luring women from China to Saipan in the Mariana Islands and forcing them into slavery and prostitution.
The case is being prosecuted by the U.S. government because the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is a U.S. territory.
The women were promised restaurant jobs, but when they arrived from China at their own expense they were held captive and forced to work as prostitutes, investigators said.
The three arrested are charged with violating federal civil rights and sexual exploitation laws.
The Justice Department said the charges are the first to result from the Worker Exploitation Task Force established by Attorney General Janet Reno in April.
The inter-agency task force was set up to combat the growing problem of modern-day slavery and worker exploitation in the U.S. and its territories.
Over the past three years federal authorities have brought 10 cases of involuntary servitude involving more than 150 victims.
This case is the fifth this year involving an arrest for international trafficking for human exploitation in the Commonwealth.
http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/18/guam/
사이판은 현재 우리나라 사람들에게 꽤 친숙한 관광지다. 현재 사이판 관광객 중 한국인 숫자가 일본에 이어 두번째인데, 사이판 관광청 사람들이 “한국인이 일본을 추월할 날이 얼마 남지 않았다”고 공언할 정도로 한국인 관광객이 늘어나고 있다. 최근 KBS TV 오락 프로그램 ‘여걸6’ 촬영지로 전파를 타고, 한국계 호텔인 월드리조트가 지난해 오픈한 것도 관광객 증가에 한 몫을 했다.
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작년 괌 방문 한국인 관광객 8천명
한편 작년 괌을 방문한 전체 관광객 수는 약 78만명인 것으로 잠정 집계됐는데 이같은 숫자는 현재 괌 인구 13만명의 6배가 넘는 것이다.
외국인 관광객 가운데는 일본인이 63만5천명으로 81%를 차지하고 있으며 미국 본토 및 하와이에서 약 5만2천명, 북부 마리아나 섬에서 약 3만1천명, 미국 신탁 통치령에서 1만8천명, 호주에서 약 8천명이 괌을 찾은 것으로 집계됐다.
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한편 괌,사이판은 백인,일본,한국남자들의 주무대
