In 1994, Australia passed the Child Sex Tourism Act.[5] National Child protection Authority Act of 1998 [21] Since 1956 prostitution in Thailand has been illegal.[6] In 1996 the government of Thailand sanctioned the Prostitution Prevention and Suppression Act.[6] In 1997, the Sex Offenders Act in Britain [6] Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution [28] Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act in the United States [18] Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 [20] In 2004, Hawaii passed Act 82 of the House Bill 2020, making “the promotion of travel for the purpose of prostitution a felony and grounds for revoking the license of an offending travel agent.”[18]