CRC/C/HND/CO/3 page 20 Adolescents in 2002, the drawing up of a Plan of Action to combat commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents 2005-2010 and the establishment of a special unit within the police to investigate cases of sexual exploitation and abuse of children in 2004. However, the Committee is concerned that commercial sexual exploitation of children in all its manifestations is common in Honduras, due not only to poverty and the socio-economic situation prevailing in the country but also to other significant factors such as violence and criminality. The Committee is concerned in particular that: (a) Sexual exploitation of children, especially girls, and trafficking for its purpose are a serious problem in Honduras; (b) Child prostitution and child sex tourism are common and increasing; (c) Despite the ratification of the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, no governmental body is in charge of policies implementing it and little has been done to raise awareness of this problem. 79. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake a study on the sexual exploitation of children in order to assess its scope and causes, enable effective monitoring of the problem and develop measures and programmes to prevent, combat and eliminate it; (b) Increase its efforts to combat crimes related to child prostitution and sex tourism; for instance, by developing a specific strategy targeting the tourist industry, including clear and specific messages on child rights and on the existing sanctions against child abusers; (c) Provide adequate programmes of assistance and reintegration for sexually exploited or trafficked children, who should be treated as victims and not criminalized; (d) Implement effectively the National Plan of Action against commercial sexual exploitation of children and adolescents; (e) Train law enforcement officials, social workers and prosecutors on how to receive, monitor, investigate and prosecute complaints, in a child-sensitive manner that respects the privacy of the victim; (f) Strengthen international cooperation by multilateral, regional and bilateral arrangements for the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and punishment of those responsible for acts involving trafficking and sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism; (g) Ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children supplementing the 2000 Convention on Transnational Organized Crime, and define trafficking in the criminal legislation according to the definition contained therein; (h) Seek technical assistance from among others, UNICEF.