Mexico a huge producer of child porn: Official
January 26th, 2012 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANSMexico City, Jan 26 (IANS/EFE) Mexico is one of the world’s biggest producers of child pornography, and is also a source, transit and destination country for people involved in sexual exploitation, a lawmaker has said.
Child pornography generates $42 billion annually, and is the No.2 illegal business in the country, only behind drug trafficking, said Special Committee to Fight People Trafficking chairwoman Rosi Orozco.
Native Indians account for about 45 percent of the victims of child pornography, she said.
Just 19 regions in Mexico have laws against child pornography, and only courts in Mexico City, Chiapas state and Puebla state have handed down convictions.
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