s for 3 hours. The pimp would get twenty percent of its minimum, most likely fifty percent.
             ECPAT has estimated that between 100,000 and 300,000 children are sexually exploited through prostitution and pornography in the United States. It is often common for girls involved in prostitution to experience rape. Up to 70 percent of female-juvenile prostitutes admit that they have been raped by customers, an average of 31 times per prostitute.
             It is not only the females who are involved in child prostitution. In Sri Lanka and North Africa, more prostituted boys than girls. In these areas, as many as 30,000 boy prostitutes earn as little as $1 a day, primarily having sex with tourists.
             Southeast Asia is experiencing the most significant problem with the commercial sexual exploitation of their children. Countries with severe pain in this area include Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, The Philippines, and Thailand. The Philippines and Thailand are especially entrenched in widespread child prostitution. In Thailand, the Children's Rights Protection Center estimates "as many as 800,000 prostitutes from age 12-16 alone. South America is next in the number of child prostitutes. Following Thailand, Brazil has the second-largest number of prostituted children globally. UNICEF reports the figure to be at about 500,000Areas such as Africa and the former Soviet Republics are quickly becoming filled with child prostitutes. Countries like the U.S.A. and Canada have fewer numbers, but they also see a rise in the number of children selling sex on the streets.
             The situation in Columbia is upsetting. A 1994 study by the City of Bogota Chamber of Commerce found that prostitution among 8-13-year-olds increased by 500% between 1986 and 1993. A 1995 UNICEF study in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua discovered that almost half of the girl prostitutes they interviewed entered prostitution between nine and thirteen. The Unit...