Prostitution of minors in registered places in Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2018.76.1.16.23Keywords:
Centers of Sexual Commerce, Corruption, Sex TraffickingAbstract
Many children in Mexico are working in registered places where the sex trade is allowed, such as canteens, bars or nightclubs. This article, based on a qualitative methodology that includes in-depth interviews with owners of 73 centers dedicated to the sexual commerce in nine Mexican States, examines the prostitution of minors in these places towards the appreciations of the pimps, and concludes that the spread of a culture of bribery in the prostitution industry leads to the solidification of networks of complicity between the police and pimps leading to the prostitution of minors.
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