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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery In the early
years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2010 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Germany.htm
Germany is a transit and
destination country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of
commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Victims were trafficked to
Germany from other parts of Europe, Africa (primarily Nigeria), Asia, and the
Western Hemisphere. Approximately one-quarter of sex trafficking victims were
German nationals trafficked within the country. Twelve percent of trafficking
victims were younger than 18 years old. The majority of identified sex
trafficking victims were exploited in bars and brothels. Reported incidents
of forced labor occurred mainly in restaurants, catering, and the domestic
work and agriculture sectors. - U.S.
State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report] |
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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Exposed: the myth of the World Cup ‘sex slaves’ Bruno Waterfield, Spiked, 14
February 2007 www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2850/ [accessed 6 February 2011] Last summer, lurid headlines
claimed that 40,000 women would be smuggled by sex slavers into ***
ARCHIVES *** Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61650.htm [accessed 6 February 2011] TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – The country was both a
destination and transit country for trafficked persons. The BKA reported in
their annual report on trafficking in persons that the numbers of known and
registered victims in 2003 was 1,235, and the percentage of registered
victims under age 18 continued to be in the 5 percent range. Of the
registered victims, 80 percent came from Eastern Europe and the countries of
the former Soviet Union, primarily Traffickers
used a range of intimidation techniques to ensure the compliance of victims,
including threats to "sell" the victim, threats of deportation,
misrepresentation of victims' legal rights and status, physical violence, and
withholding travel and identification documents. Finding the ‘human’ in human trafficking Anna Patton, cafebabel.com, 03/07/08 www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/25358/finding-the-human-in-human-trafficking.html [accessed 6 February 2011] "If someone done for drugs
trafficking can get a more severe punishment than someone who traffics
humans, there must be something wrong with this society." Sadly, this is
often the reality, explains Barbara Eritt, since
cases against human trafficking often end up in probation or acquittal due to
insufficient evidence Access to women has become much
more difficult, even though prostitution has been legal in Germany since
2002. Brothels are increasingly being replaced by apartments or hotels, and
women cannot leave, except when they are driven to their clients’ homes or
hotel rooms. Going to the police can be extremely difficult. Even if
escape is possible, the women may be subject to threats or intimidation;
their captors might know where the women’s families live, for instance, and
use this against them. Added to this are the practical difficulties of being
in an unfamiliar country where one doesn’t speak the language. As Eritt explains, many prefer to hope that once they have
paid off their debts, they’ll be free to go. Expert: Emma Wynne interviewed Katrin
Adams, Deutsche Welle DW-WORLD.DE, 23.07.2007 www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2702064,00.html [accessed 6 February 2011] WHAT SORT OF CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SEE THE GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENT TO PROTECT WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED TO We would like them to have a legal
right to this basic coverage. Another important point is access to further
education, especially language courses, so that women who decide to stay here
once they have been released have an opportunity to build a normal life. We
are lobbying too for access to the labor market. Falling Short of the Mark: An International Study on the
Treatment of Human Trafficking Victims [PDF] The Future Group, March 2006 www.oas.org/atip/canada/Fallingshortofthemark.pdf [accessed 6 February 2011] RESIDENCE - Amendments to Germany.s immigration and victims. rights legislation in
2004 grants a four-week .reflection period. for victims of human trafficking,
after which those who agree to testify against their traffickers may obtain a
temporary residence permit. New study shames human traffickers Patrick Mathangani, The
Standard, May 11, 2007 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 September 2011] International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) says Kenyans were also trafficked to Its report, ‘Trafficking in Persons — The Eastern Africa Situation’, notes that women and children were favourite targets for well-organised trafficking rings, which operate freely for lack of solid laws against the vice. Romanian Police Break Up Human Trafficking Ring dalje.com, dalje.com/en-world/romanian-police-break-up-human-trafficking-ring/30589 [accessed 6 February 2011] Romanian authorities have
dismantled a human trafficking ring that transported women to Police said the six-person gang
recruited women in bars in villages in west Romania by promising them
well-paid jobs abroad. They took them out of the country legally and sold
them to Turks in the German towns of Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg. Exposed: the myth of the World Cup ‘sex slaves’ Bruno Waterfield, Spiked, 14
February 2007 www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/2850/ [accessed 6 February 2011] Last summer, lurid headlines
claimed that 40,000 women would be smuggled by sex slavers into Human trafficking a Games pitfall, researcher warns D.E. Penner, The Vancouver Sun,
November 2, 2007 www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=c8b93773-4373-465c-92a3-4c5af740bec7 [accessed 6 February 2011] In its report, the Future Group
said German authorities employed a
coordinated effort to combat human trafficking related to an increased demand
for prostitution during the 2006 World Cup of soccer. It involved public
education, cooperation with social agencies and tight border controls. In the
end, while officials did see an increase in prostitution, they did not detect
a rise in trafficking. However, in Greece, in 2004 -- the same year the country hosted the summer
Olympics -- the country did not adopt measures that were as strong and a
95-per-cent increase in human-trafficking cases was recorded. No rise in human trafficking in Germany due to World Cup humantrafficking.org, July 15, 2006 -- Source: Associated
Press. "Report: No rise in human trafficking in www.humantrafficking.org/updates/382 [accessed 6 February 2011] Researchers say German authorities
boosted raids on sex shops and brothels ahead of the World Cup. The European
Union, the U-S and the Vatican had pressured Germany to act. IOM Battles Human Trafficking During World Cup Radio Free Europe/Radio www.rferl.org/content/article/1069191.html [accessed 6 February 2011] To warn about the risk of human
trafficking and forced prostitution during the World Cup in Europe-Wide Human-Trafficking Ring Cracked Radio Free Europe/Radio www.rferl.org/content/article/1068749.html [accessed 6 February 2011] Authorities across Battling Human Trafficking in Spiegel Online International, 02/22/2005 www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,343160,00.html [accessed 6 February 2011] With German Foreign Minister Joschka
Fischer on the hot seat for allegedly ignoring gaping holes in Germans Bust Sex Smuggling Ring Agence France-Presse
AFP (dre), 18.02.2005 dw3d.de/dw/article/0,,1493904,00.html [accessed 6 February 2011] German police smashed a major
international human trafficking ring allegedly dealing in drugs,
prostitution, extortion and money laundering.
Wrapping up a nearly five-year probe, investigators captured 21
suspects believed to be involved in a network smuggling women coerced into
the sex trade into Woman judge 'ran sex ring that killed boy aged five' Hannah Cleaver in [accessed 6 February 2011] The abuse took place in the back
room of a pub run by the former judge, named only as Christa W. The bar was a
well-known meeting place for drug dealers and prostitutes. Some press reports
suggest that Christa W took money from customers for access to the children. He was removed from her care after
complaining that she, her partner and his own mother and her boyfriend
sexually abused him. It is thought that Pascal, whose home was 100 yards from
the pub, was beaten while being abused, to keep him quiet. But, say police, he was hit so hard that he
died. The abusers panicked, put his body in a car, drove across the border
and buried it. Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2009&country=7613 [accessed 6 February 2011] Human Rights Overview Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org/europecentral-asia/germany [accessed 6 February 2011] Library of Congress Call Number DD17 .G475 1996 lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/detoc.html [accessed 6 February 2011] Wikipedia: Prostitution in From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Germany#Human_trafficking [accessed 6 February 2011] The trafficking in women from Helping Victims of Human Trafficking Iris Ollech / DW staff (sms), Deutsche Welle
DW-WORLD.DE, 23.09.2004 www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1335876,00.html [accessed 6 February 2011] Dreams of a better life often end
in a brothel for the victims of human trafficking, with the people smugglers
and slave traders who bring them there making a lucrative living from their
misery. Women like Oxana
(name changed), whose boss in the Ukraine told her he organized a job for her
in a Spanish bakery, and that a friend of his in Germany would help her get a
plane ticket. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT AWAY FROM
HOME - But once in a
foreign environment, the situation changes. Human Trafficking: The Forced Labour Dimensions [PDF] Roger Plant, Head, Special Action Programme
to Combat Forced Labour, International Labour Office, Presentation to Sixth
Meeting of the Stability Pact Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings,
Belgrade, 23 March 2004 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 5 September 2011] [page 3] We are also completing a report
on this issue in Sex slaves often come from Russia, go to Germany - UN Louis Charbonneau, Reuters, www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/7181-17.cfm [accessed 6 February 2011] Trafficking in unaccompanied minors for sexual exploitation in the European Union [PDF] International Organization for Migration IOM, May 2001 s3.amazonaws.com/rcpp/assets/attachments/408_454_EN_original.pdf [accessed 6 February 2011] [page 97] TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN AND MINORS - The trafficking of UAMs with the intention of exploitation or abuse has been
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