Thousands of young women turned into slaves in Germany

[redqueen]

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The Deutsche Welle report said Germany has been criticized by the UNICEF and child protection organization ECPAT for delaying the implementation of an EU guideline to combat trafficking.

The EU guideline introduced two years ago, calls for tougher sentences and better protection for trafficking victims, however, Germany has failed the April 5 deadline set by the EU for the implementation of the rules.

According to the report, Germany is still debating how to implement the guideline the German justice ministry says a draft legislation “accounts for an exact implementation of the guideline."
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According to estimates of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), between 120,000 and 500,000 women from Central and Eastern Europe alone are brought to the western part of the continent by human traffickers and are forced into prostitution. Many of the victims are underage.
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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/04/08/297237/modern-slavery-grips-germany/

If only prostitution were legal, men would be happy buying sex from legal prostitutes, and this kind of thing wouldn't... oh, wait.

[seabeyond]

1. yup. more and more evidence as time goes. but we progressives pretend it is all "pretty woman".

makes us feel good.

[redqueen]

2. Well the pro-industry voices get the biggest platform to speak.

And then there's the smear that by attempting to focus on women who are in desperate need of advocacy, you're somehow "infantilizing" privileged prostitutes, denying their agency, etc.

So much effort to stifle any discussions the industry would not benefit from.