Human Trafficking in [Germany] [other countries]
Street Children in [Germany] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Germany] [other countries]
 

Child Prostitution

The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

Federal Republic of Germany [ Country-by-Country Reports ]

The Federal Republic of Germany [map] is located in the center of Europe, bordering the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France (W); Switzerland and Austria (S); the Czech Republic and Poland (E); Denmark (N); and the Baltic Sea (NE). Its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy - the fifth largest in the world - has become one of the slowest growing economies in the euro zone. Germany's aging population, combined with high unemployment, has pushed social security outlays to a level exceeding contributions from workers. Structural rigidities in the labor market - including strict regulations on laying off workers and the setting of wages on a national basis - have made unemployment a chronic problem.

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ECPAT – On-line form for reporting child prostitution and other sexual offences against children

Quick Search for Missing Children - Select Gender, Country (Germany), and Years Missing

National Plan of Action

Bur of Democracy, Human Rights & Labor - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

CHILDREN - Street children frequently turned to prostitution for income. The government amply funded programs to combat the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography, trafficking of children, and child-sex tourism

Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2004

[56] The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Plan of Action of the Federal Government for the Protection of Children and Young People from Sexual Violence and Exploitation (January 2003), but remains concerned at the various ages retained in the Criminal Code depending on the offence committed by an adult against a child.

ECPAT: Fifth Report on implementation of the Agenda for Action [DOC]

[B] COUNTRY UPDATES – GERMANY – The federal government has been cooperating with local governments and NGOs, such as KARO and ECPAT Germany, in an effort to combat CSEC committed by Germans in bordering countries. Among NGOs, national and international networking in the fight against CSEC has also been increased.

Children At Risk Between Eastern And Western European Borders

In Germany, UNICEF and ECPAT criticize the authorities for not keeping the promises made in November 2003. After the publication of the original KARO report, a multinational working group committed itself to an extensive program of work to combat sexual exploitation in the border region. On the German side, no progress was made - neither the promised awareness raising campaign nor crime prevention initiatives at the border. In addition, ECPAT was not given the opportunity to train German police and border personnel.

Stolen Youth: Child Prostitution Plagues German-Czech Border

The children wait by supermarkets, restaurants and gas stations along the Czech motorways just across the border from Germany. Women offer young children less than six years old to the sex tourists, whereas the older children are usually accompanied by men or male teenagers. But eight-year-olds come along on their own and do their own negotiations about payment and sexual practices.

Publication: Children in street prostitution. Report from the German-Czech border

The report is the result of years of systematic observations, discussions and interviews. The author has an in-depth insight into the prostitution and drug scene along the German-Czech border through her work with the social project KARO. Her report gives, for the first time, a detailed picture of the commercial sexual exploitation of children in this region, heavily frequented by German tourists. It shows the scale of the business and the conditions in which its victims live. The conclusions are harrowing: In the German-Czech border region, a flourishing commerce in child sexual exploitation has developed.

Written Statement Submitted By The International Federation Terre Des Hommes

[5] In Europe and in the western world, a certain type of behavior known as "sex tourism" is contributing to the growth of child prostitution on other continents. In Germany, for example, international tourism is growing rapidly and German tourists are traveling increasingly to faraway destinations. A part of this German tourism is sex tourism. The favorite places to which Germans go for sex tourism are Thailand, the Philippines, Kenya and Brazil. New destinations, such as the Dominican Republic, are also beginning to attract such tourists.

[6] No exact figures can be given for sex tourism. In the case of Germany, thousands of men allegedly exploit minors abroad for sexual purposes. Some reportedly travel to Asia, Africa or Latin America for that purpose. Others are said to take advantage of the opportunity when it arises.

ECPAT: Looking Back, Thinking Forward - The 4th report on commercial sexual exploitation of children [PDF]

Hungary and Poland are receiver, sender and transit countries for the trafficking of children for sexual purposes. Romania is a sender and receiver country but Bulgaria is only a sender country. Hungary and Poland receive children from Romania, Ukraine and Russia. The main destinations for children trafficked from and through Poland are Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. Many of the victims are boys. Furthermore, in Poland students voluntarily prostitute themselves in Germany over the weekends in order to earn money.

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Human Trafficking in [Germany] [other countries]
Street Children in [Germany] [other countries]
Child Prostitution in [Germany] [other countries]