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Anti-prostitution Spots to be Aired by Air France

In an effort to curb sex tourism involving minors, Air France will show a graphic video on child prostitution on all its long-haul flights starting in October 2006.
 
The 90-second video shows young girls in discos, on streets and in hotel bedrooms, with graphics displaying their ages: "13 years," "16 years."  To the sound of handcuffs clicking shut, the video then shows a middle- aged man with a censor bar across his eyes reading "10 years."  Unicef says that about one million children are sexually exploited every year in the multibillion-dollar sex industry.

Adapted from: "Anti-Prostitution Spots to be Aired by Air France." Agence France-Presse, Reuters, The Associated Press. 15 September 2006.