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08/17/2004:
"European paedophiles flock to Gambian 'Smiling Coast'"
Alex Duval Smith in BanjulSunday July 4, 2004
The Observer UK
In the Gambia's package tour hotels, the most striking thing at breakfast is the high number of holidaymakers here on their own. White men and women in their 50s or 60s sitting alone with their bowls of cereal. You wonder what and who they left behind.
What they are waiting for becomes clearer by the afternoon, around the pool, where the same men can be seen having their sun-reddened backs stroked by teenage Gambian women dressed like dancers from a Beyoncé video. European women - known locally as 'Marie Claires' - are often surrounded by three or four young dreadlocked men.
Full Article : guardian.co.uk
