Truckies target under-age girls for sex
Sarah Smiles; 21/6/08
Truck drivers are buying sex from Aboriginal girls under 16 in several states, an Australian Crime Commission investigation has revealed. The use of contraceptive implants among indigenous girls - known as “slut sticks” - has also found to be widespread, particularly among 12-year-olds, “making them a target of sexual attention”. In May, an ACC taskforce visited 142 communities across Australia, including the Northern Territory as part of the federal intervention to curb child sex abuse. The taskforce found convicted child sex offenders working with children; children as young as seven experimenting with sex toys; and children trading sex for petrol and food. Prominent families and service providers were found abusing power and community leaders were implicated in abuse.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/national/truckies-target-underage-girls-for-sex-20080620-2u8o.html
Indigenous seven-year-olds try sex and dope
Ewin Hannan; 21/6/08
Hundreds of cases of criminal conduct and neglect allegedly perpetrated in indigenous communities have been handed to police and welfare agencies as a result of intelligence work by the Australian Crime Commission. Based on intelligence gathered from 177 communities, indigenous children as young as seven are actively using marijuana and having sex, while there is widespread evidence of child sexual abuse. The commission’s National Indigenous Violence and Child Abuse Taskforce revealed yesterday that 340 reports of alleged criminal conduct and neglect of young children had been sent to law enforcement and partner agencies for further action. ACC chief executive officer Alastair Milroy expressed concern that while marijuana had been prevalent in indigenous communities, there was evidence that heroin, speed and ecstasy was now being used. “We are starting to see signs of amphetamine-type stimulants such as speed and ecstasy and heroin being available,” he said.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23898068-5013404,00.html
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