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IN BRIEF : Sex tourism curb

Friday 19 April 1996 23:02 BST
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A proposed crackdown on sex tourism cleared the House of Commons The private Bill, aimed at curbing holiday tours to countries such as Thailand for paedophiles to have sex with children, was given an unopposed third reading and now looks likely to become law It makes it an offence to conspire or incite people to have sex with children abroad punishable by a maximum life sentence

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