Air France to show videos condemning sex tourism

PARIS, Sep 16 (Reuters) Air France will show a graphic video on child prostitution on all its long-haul flights from October, in an effort to curb sex tourism involving minors, the airline said.

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, a censor bar across his eyes reading '10 years'.

''Having sexual relations with a minor leads to prison,'' a background voice says.

''It is a part of Air France's humanitarian commitment,'' spokeswoman Marina Tymen said yesterday of the video, which will be played on the airline's 94 long-haul planes and be seen by up to 46,000 passengers a day.

UNICEF says that about 1 million children are sexually exploited every year in the multibillion-dollar sex industry.

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