SEX sells, not only glossy magazine covers, raunchy television commercials and on silver screen but literally it sells. On the streets of Suva, Nadi and the busier towns, the sex industry has been known to thrive and Fiji offers a variety of choices. Even the locals offer quite a selection from indigenous girls to girls of Indian descent and some of mixed ethnicity.
And if the choice is a bit different there are many transgender male sex workers as well who ply their trade alongside the women in Fiji.
The Fiji Police are aware of local operations but seem either ignorant or quiet on the issue of Asian, mainly Chinese, prostitution which happens in much more organised manner. Over the years, the media has highlighted many of these cases and many such women have been sent back to their homeland not for the crime of prostitution but instead for violating immigration laws.
In Suva, there are Asian women who can be easily spotted along Victoria Parade at night. There are some, however, who operate through massage parlours both in the capital and the tourist town of Nadi. There are also Asian women who operate out of their place of residence where the clients are taken. There have been many police arrests and raids on these types of houses.
The massage parlours are legitimate businesses and the operator or the receptionist at the desk will inform you that extra favours would have to be negotiated with the girls. The customer or client pays for the full body massage and once inside will be given a massage with a hint that something extra could be gained. This makes proving prostitution cases very hard because the exchange of money has to be proven that it was for the sex.
