I think they further an attitude toward women thatвЂ™s unacceptable. Referring to juicy bars, Jouas said, вЂњThereвЂ™s nothing good about them.

вЂњFrankly that was unacceptable, and itвЂ™s been going on a long time,вЂќ he said. Instead, they are вЂњput to work in bars to sell drinks at an exorbitant price, but what theyвЂ™re really selling is their company and that oftentimes leads to prostitution. Jouas said most juicy girls are brought into South Korea illegally on visas saying they are here to work as entertainers. While not all the cases were proven, officials said, some of the airmen were disciplined. вЂњYou canвЂ™t presume that things go beyond that, which is what you would have to do if you want to put them (all) off-limits.вЂќДЄt Osan Air Base, Jouas said officialsвЂ™ attitude toward the Songtan juicy bars intensified late last year when 10 to 20 airmen were implicated in paying to take juicy girls away from their bars, presumably for sex. вЂњThe bottom line is that juicy bars вЂ¦ have women that are there to talk to soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines,вЂќ he said. Walter Sharp said it would be unfair to punish the owners of all juicy bars for the sins of a minority of proprietors.

Nevertheless, in 2010, then USFK commander Gen. In addition, some juicy girls arrange to meet customers outside of work, where they strike sex-for-cash deals or pose as girlfriends and ask for money to send home or pay off debts. While it is impossible to determine exactly what percentage of juicy bars promote prostitution, it is common knowledge that some juicy girls who fall short of sale quotas are often forced by club owners to prostitute themselves to make up the revenue difference вЂ“ a practice known as вЂњbar fining.вЂќ USFK officials have long taken a position of reluctant acceptance toward the 150 or so base-area juicy bars in South Korea - putting those caught promoting prostitution or human trafficking off-limits, but stopping short of a blanket ban of establishments where hostesses kiss, touch and otherwise flirt with servicemen as long as they keep the expensive juice drinks flowing. вЂњIt is my opinion that, in due time, the Osan Air Base efforts will have a domino effect in other base areas.вЂќ вЂњIt is my view that the USFK leadership is steadfast in its advocacy on human trafficking and prostitution,вЂќ Bay continued. вЂњI salute the firm resolve and conviction of the Osan Air Base leadership in their efforts in the campaign against human trafficking,вЂќ she said. Philippine Embassy labor attachГ© Felicitas Bay вЂ“ whose office has struggled in its efforts to stem the tide of Filipinas being brought illegally into South Korea to work as juicy girls вЂ“ hailed the efforts of Osan officials and the impact they might have outside other U.S. James Thurman, вЂњand theyвЂ™re reviewing what weвЂ™re doing here.вЂќ Jouas said Kunsan Air Base officials are in the process of starting a similar effort in nearby America Town вЂ“ another entertainment district home to juicy bars - and he has talked to USFK officials, including commander Gen. вЂњThe presence of juicy girls that are contracted, whose passports are held by the bar owners, who are moved from city to city and bar to bar вЂ“ itвЂ™s indentured servitude and itвЂ™s inconsistent with who we are as a service, and the standards weвЂ™re trying to establish on base and within the sphere of influence we have outside the gate,вЂќ he said. What is new is that we are putting that into action and placing (off-limits) these establishments that, in our view вЂ¦ are trafficking in persons. Forces Korea (and the) Air Force (are) pretty explicit in the fact that we have zero tolerance toward trafficking in persons. Jan-Marc Jouas said, вЂњThe Department of Defense, the U.S.

Yet, USFK continues to allow servicemembers to patronize the juicy bars that cluster by the dozens outside a number of its bases, with the exception of those caught in the act of promoting prostitution or human trafficking. Forces Korea has for years employed an oft-stated вЂњzero tolerance policyвЂќ toward prostitution and human trafficking, and has said unequivocally that вЂњbuying overpriced drinks in a juicy bar supports the human trafficking industry, a form of modern-day slavery.вЂќ military in South Korea has dealt with such establishments. The effort by Osan Air Base officials to put juicy bars off-limits or to force them to jettison their flirtatious hostesses -вЂ“ even those not deemed to be in the business of prostitution - marks a dramatic change from the way the U.S. вЂњI am very hopeful we will be reaching zero soon,вЂќ 51st Fighter Wing Mission Support Group commander Col. The vast majority of juicy girls employed at base-area bars in South Korea are Filipino, though there is a small percentage of Koreans and those of other nationalities working as the controversial hostesses who are brought here illegally and often linked to prostitution.

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