1. By: Chris Pifer, John Wilhelm Lowel Naas Sam Forsgren
Sex slavery in Germany
By: Chris Pifer,
John Wilhelm
Lowel Naas
Sam Forsgren

2. Sex slavery:
Sexual slavery or forced sexual slavery is the organized coercion of unwilling people into different sexual practices.

3. Background information:
Prostitution is legal in germany, aswell as brothels (100 countries and their prostitution policy )
This is commonly used as a staging platform for the trafficking of persons for sexual purposes
It is also legal to advertise both brothels, and independent prostitution (100 countries and their prostitution policy )

4. Occurrence of sex related trafficking by country. (Human Trafficking)

5. The Current Problem: Statistics
1. In 2011, the number of sex slaves is estimated at (INSERT HERE!!)
2. Most sex slaves are imported into Germany from places like Russia
3. Sex trafficking promotes societal breakdown, government authority erodes, economic failures due to loss of labor, encourages corruption, and many other effects
4. Typically men, but there is no “typical” slave owner, wealth of owners is varied
5. Germany is a popular sex slave destination because of legalized prostitution, high demand, large supply, and high profitability rates
1. Exactly how many slaves are there in Germany? 2. Where do most sex slaves in Germany come from? 3. How does this effect Germany? 4. Who purchases the slaves? 5. Why Germany?

6. Tier Ranking of Germany, Very good ranking
Unknown. Tier Ranking Germany None, Graph. Trafficking in Persons Report Germany. Web. 26 Oct

7. Sex Slave, Germany Unknown Author. Sex Slave. 2010. Unknown, Germany
Sex Slave, Germany Unknown Author. Sex Slave Unknown, Germany. Fight Slave Trafficking . Web. 25 Oct

8. Why are there More Sex Slaves?
Actions Taken Against Human Sex Trafficking:
Outcome:
Commercial sex slavery has increased dramatically (70%) since law was passed
Global economic crisis, Germany is less wealthy, slave prices are lower, MORE PROFIT
Laws are so easily avoidable, sex traffickers deceive women and girls into the industry
1. Germany legalized prostitution in 2002, as an effort to combat sex trafficking
Prices fall
Exploiting the law is easy

9. Anti Trafficking Poster, Tons of sex slaves are trafficked during the World Cup Unknown . Anti Trafficking Ad  None, Europe. Blogging Human Trafficking . Web. 26 Oct

10. Germany’s International Status
Trafficking Victims Map

11. Prostitution in Germany
Most trafficking victims are women and girls between the ages of 16 and 25 who are forced to work as prostitutes
In Germany, 75% of the prostitutes are foreigners
In Germany, pimps employ young girls as prostitutes to service truck drivers and travelers along the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic
There are 6,000-8,000 women in prostitution in Hamburg, about 70% of them are migrant prostitutes

12. Prostitutes from Eastern Europe
50% of the migrant workers in Germany are East European women, from Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic. The majority is controlled by pimps, isolated in apartment-brothels and controlled by Russian mafia organizations
Homeless children in Romania have increasingly been trafficked under false pretenses and forced into prostitution in Berlin and Hamburg
The E55 highway from Berlin, Germany to Prague, Czech Republic is lined with hundreds of prostituted women, the cheapest, typically gypsies or Ukrainians can be bought for US$10-20

13. Prostitution to and from other regions
The second largest migrant group of women in prostitution is from Latin America, mostly from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
Dominican women are confined to apartments, while those from Ecuador work in the street, or in bars and cabarets.
At least 10,000 of estimated 200, ,000 German sex tourists seek to sexually exploit children

14. Sex Tourism
The Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong are some of the primary Asian destinations for organized sex tours from Germany
200,000 German men travel abroad each year as prostitution tourists, many of whom are seeking girls under the age of 14
Germany passed a law in 1993 to convict citizens for having sex with minors abroad, but prosecutions have been rare since and foreign officials ignore the reality of prostitution tourism

15. Sex Slavery in Germany By John
What’s being done?
Sex Slavery in Germany
By John

16. Sex Slavery is prominent in Germany
In Germany, there are many women from eastern Europe that end up being trafficked by Germans themselves. In 2003, 1235 sex-trafficking victims were found and aided to release, compared to 673 in In 2008, 639 victims were reported. In The Federal Police of Germany, or the BKA, reported that in 2006 they had completed a total of 357 investigations on human trafficking, with 775 victims. 35% of the suspects were Germans born in Germany and 8% were German citizens born outside of Germany.
It’s clear that the BKA is already working actively towards getting rid of sex slavery within it’s country, especially given that in 2003 there were more than twice the amount of cases of sex slavery victims than there were in It’s clear, though, that there is still a noticeable contingent of criminals involved in sex slavery in Germany, and something needs to be done about it.

17. Prostitution in Germany
In Germany, prostitution is legal
My opinion
Whether or not it’s for the best, prostitution is legal in Germany. In 2002, the government in Germany changed the law in order to improve the social standing and legal issues with prostitutes. Since this has been the norm in Germany for eight years, it’s arguable both ways whether it has a positive or adverse effect on sex slavery in Germany.
Because of the legalization of prostitution in Germany, I think it does much to benefit the eradication of sex slavery in Germany entirely. Sex slavery is a very profitable business (people can earn upwards of $200,000 per year), because what they do is in demand, but illegal. When Germany legalizes prostitution it takes away a big edge that the criminals have—it renders their angle useless, by making what they do legal.

18. Sex Slavery may be increasing
From Katie Adams, director of a non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to stopping sex slavery in Germany
When asked about the surprisingly low numbers given for sex slaves in Germany, Katie Adams responded with:
According to KOK, prostitution and
sex slavery in Germany are
Becoming more and more widespread.
Katie Adams, an executive officer of
KOK has said this:
“Mostly from countries in eastern Europe, although the numbers of women that are being forced into prostitution that are Germans and being trafficked within Germany is rising too.”
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.
What is the extent of trafficking in women to Germany?
Unfortunately I can’t give you as a definite answer on that because we think the numbers that are known about are only a fraction of what is actually happening. The numbers that are most reliable are those published by the Federal Criminal Office. The number of victims officially known about in 2005 was 642. But we are working on the basis that the actual number is much higher.

19. Who’s fighting sex slavery?
KOK is an umbrella organization
with over 39 branches, all
dedicated to one or more of the
following uses:
counseling centers for victims of trafficking
specialized counseling centers for women
projects for female migrants
women’s homes
counseling centers for prostitutes
lobbying organizations
According to KOK, prostitution and
sex slavery in Germany are becoming
more and more widespread. Katie Adams, an
executive officer of KOK has said this:
“Mostly from countries in eastern Europe, although the numbers of women that are being forced into prostitution that are Germans and being trafficked within Germany is rising too.”
One of the most active organizations in fighting sex slavery in Germany is KOK, a non-governmental organization founded in 1987.
From the KOK homepage it’s listed that they are dedicated:
To combat trafficking in women on a worldwide basis
To have trafficking in women recognized as a human right’s offence
To achieve the realization of human rights for female migrants and strengthen the rights of trafficking victims
To combat the racist and sexist discrimination of female migrants
To achieve realistic social equality for prostitutes

20. What Germany can do From the US Embassy homepage
Explore ways, within the parameters of the German judicial system, to increase the number of convicted traffickers who are required to serve time in prison; continue to improve efforts to identify and combat labor trafficking; ensure forced labor and child victims, access to appropriate assistance and protection; standardize victim assistance measures and government-civil society cooperation across the 16 federal states; and strengthen awareness campaigns targeting beneficiaries of forced labor and clients of the sex trade, particularly in the most frequented red light districts.
It’s clear the issue of prostitution and sex trafficking is prominent in Germany, but as I stated in an earlier slide, there have been more and more uncovered cases of sex slavery in Germany. If Germany continues on it’s path to uncover sex trafficking criminals and organizations like KOK still work towards a common goal, sex slavery will eventually become a thing of the past.

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