Australian paedophiles still trying to travel overseas despite passport ban

Investigations: “World first” laws have banned up to 20,000 Australian paedophiles from leaving the country, but more than two dozen have attempted to do so, SBS News can reveal.

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Australian men are a common sight in some of the seediest parts of South East Asia, where children are sold and sexually abused, according to Destiny Rescue’s Tony Kirwan.

“There are many times we will go into the bars and brothels, the go-go bars, and there are Aussies there,” said Mr Kirwan, who founded the charity to fight the sexual exploitation of children in the region.

“It’s one of the most common nationalities that we will find in these places.”

Mr Kirwan, whose charity has rescued 3,000 children since 2011 from the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand and India said he was yet to see noticeable impact of “world first” Australian laws cancelling the passports of registered child sex offenders attempting to travel overseas.

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