Länderberichte GROSSBRITANNIEN:

[Marc of Frankfurt]

Möglicherweise ein Politikwechsel in England zugunsten der Schweden Lösung d.h. dem Sex-Kauf-Verbot

Ban on paying for sex comes a step nearer

The government has launched a root-and-branch review of prostitution laws, which will examine the effects of Sweden's policy of prosecuting men for buying sex.

Home office minister Vernon Coaker has told MPs he will travel to Sweden and the Netherlands in the new year to study how different regimes have affected demand, amid growing pressure for radical action to curb the growth in sex trafficking.

The Guardian revealed in September that ministers were considering radical proposals to criminalise buying sex, but Coaker's remarks are the first public acknowledgment of the discussions. The review will take around six months and look at the experience of several countries.

MPs want the change introduced in an amendment to the criminal justice bill going through parliament, which is backed by Fiona Mactaggart, until recently the Home Office minister responsible for tackling the sex industry. "We would not have expected to be in the House of Commons in 2007 talking about modern day slavery," Coaker told the bill committee.

He said ministers had concerns about whether the Swedish system might make prostitutes more vulnerable, but there was considerable support to tackle the demand for prostitution and trafficking.

Philip Hollobone, the Tory MP who has tabled the amendment, said: "There's growing demand across all parties for action. It's a sad fact that the UK is the leading destination in Europe for trafficked and vulnerable people and the government has simply got to do something."

Supporters of the Swedish policy say it slashed the number of brothels and clients and cut sex trafficking into the country dramatically. But some critics argue that the reforms have made women who remain in the sex industry more vulnerable.

Nikki Adams, of the English Collective of Prostitutes, said that sex workers in Sweden said it had increased violence. "We would like to see an end to criminalisation and an end to the poverty and financial deprivation that forces women into prostitution in the first place."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/ ... omeaffairs





Gegenargumente der Saftey First Coalition und ECP

Sweden has not made it safer for women:
http://www.allwomencount.net/EWC%20Sex% ... er_for.htm





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Urteil des Berufungsgerichts:
Ein 'Bestimmen' zur Prostitution bedarf keiner Gewaltanwendung [um als strafbare Zuhälterei verurteilt zu werden].

‘Control’ does not need force

Regina v Massey in the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division
Court of Appeal, Criminal Division

Published December 4, 2007
Regina v Massey

The meaning of “control” for the purposes of the offence of controlling prostitution for gain did not involve the words “compulsion”, “coercion” or “force”.

The Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Toulson, Mr Justice Gibbs and Judge Wide, QC) so held on October 19, 2007 when dismissing an appeal by Steven John Massey against his conviction on February 22, 2007 at Exeter Crown Court (Judge Cottle and a jury) of one count of living off the earnings of prostitution, contrary to section 30(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, and one of controlling prostitution for gain, contrary to section 53(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

LORD JUSTICE TOULSON said that the complainant had lived with the defendant for nine years. She had given evidence that apart from income support and housing benefit they lived on her earnings from prostitution. She said that the defendant was domineering and violent towards her and she felt intimidated and compelled to do as he said.

The defendant’s evidence was that he had tried to persuade her to give up prostitution. On appeal, he argued that the judge had misdirected the jury as to the meaning of “control”, submitting that coercion [Nötigung, Zwang] was an essential part of control.

In their Lordships’ judgment, “control” included, but was not limited to conduct which forced another to carry out the relevant activity and could be exercised in a number of ways. The exploitation of a prostitute for financial gain was the broad mischief at which the section was aimed, whether or not intimidation was involved.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b ... 994429.ece

Anm.:
(1) Auch in Großbritannien muß selbstverständlich Steuer entrichtet werden auch aus Gewinnen, wenn sie unmoralisch erwirtschaftet wurden. Auch ist es für die Steuerbehörden moralisch völlig unbedenklich solche Gelder anzunehmen.

(2) Wenn man wohlhabend ist und finanziell unabhängig kann man beliebig viele Prostituierte kontrollieren, weil man es ja nicht aus wirtschaftlichem Interesse tut.

(3) Wenn man nicht wohlhabend ist und darauf angewiesen ist mit seinem Tun seinen Lebensunterhalt bestreiten zu müssen, sollte man keinesfalls Prostituierte organisieren oder kontrollieren. Das würde den Wohlhabenden mißfallen und der notwentige Abschlag würde Sexdienstleistungspreise für alle erhöhen.

(4) Solange jemand die Prostituierten nicht kontrolliert, darf er viel an ihnen verdienen. Also ein Charity-Bordell als Rechtsform der Wahl?





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Fallbeispiel "Verurteilt wg. Menschenhandel trotz freiwillig/selbstorganisierter Migration in die Sexarbeit"

Makai v R. [2007] EWCA Crim 1652 (11 July 2007)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2007/1652.html

The defendants advertised in Hungary, the women paid their own fares to come here, where they were met by the defendant and he was paid for introducing them to "others who would place them in brothels". That was enough ...





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Bühnenstar setzt sich für Legalisierung der Sexarbeit ein

MIRREN PUSHES FOR LEGALISED PROSTITUTION

DAME HELEN MIRREN is using her directorial debut to push for legalised prostitution across America and Britain.

The actress will direct and star in Love Ranch, playing the madame of Nevada's first legalised brothel.

And the Oscar winner insists the film carries an important message,"Legalised prostution is not such a bad idea. It gets girls off the street, away from pimps and drugs."

Quelle:
pr-inside.com/mirren-pushes-for-legalised-prostitution-r341056.htm





Dame Hellen Mirren spielt die Madam in Nevadas erstem legalen Bordell 'Love Ranch'



Wikipedia über Dame Hellen Mirren:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mirren




Welche Berühmtheiten der Medienwelt setzen sich in Deutschland so offen für Prostitution ein?

[Marc of Frankfurt]

AI Menschenhandelsbericht Wales



http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/docum ... _17958.pdf
(PDF - 18 Seiten)





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

December: First anniversary of the Ipswich tragedy

& International Day of Action Against Violence Against Sex Workers



Press statement



IPSWICH – A YEAR AFTER WOMEN ARE NO SAFER

END CRIMINALISATION OF SEX WORKERS



We send our deepest felt condolences to the families and friends of Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Annette Nicholls, Anneli Alderton and Paula Clennell. Sadly, a year after the tragic murders which took away five precious lives, and despite the unprecedented public outcry which demanded that ‘never again’ should women in Ipswich or anywhere face such violence, women are no safer. The crackdowns which force sex workers further underground making women more vulnerable to violence and exploitation and deterring them from reporting attacks, have returned.



Increasing numbers of people have been pressing for an end to the criminalisation of prostitution. Together with the Royal College of Nursing, Women Against Rape, National Association of Probation Officers, church people, residents from red light areas, anti-poverty campaigners, drug reformers and others, we have formed the Safety First Coalition. But the government continues to target sex workers and increase criminalisation.



Clause 72 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (CJIB) now in parliament, introduces compulsory rehabilitation under threat of imprisonment. Clause 72 requires anyone arrested for loitering or soliciting to attend a series of three meetings with a supervisor approved by the court “to promote rehabilitation, by assisting the offender to address the causes of their involvement in prostitution and to find ways of ending that involvement.”



Women will be asked to demean themselves by revealing their most intimate circumstances while no resources are being made available “to address the causes”. Yet lack of benefits, debt, homelessness, low wages, loss of child custody, domestic violence, drug or other addiction and a record for prostitution offences which prevents women from getting other jobs, are known factors in driving women into prostitution. Failure to attend the meetings results in a summons back to court and a possible 72-hours imprisonment. If the CJIB is passed, magistrates will have powers to make subsequent orders so that women may end up on a treadmill of broken supervision meetings, court orders and imprisonment. Magistrates will still have the power to impose fines and send women to prison for non-payment of fines. Even the Magistrates Association has expressed concern.



The government and particularly women ministers claim to be concerned with women’s safety. But since 1997 they have:

• Deterred women from reporting attacks with increased criminalisation.
• Increased maximum fines for loitering & soliciting to £500 for a first offence and £1000 for subsequent offences.
• Promoted the use of ASBOs which have reintroduced prison sentences for street offences by the back door.
• Doubled the number of women in jail. Most are there for ‘crimes of poverty’ including offences related to prostitution.
• Dropped the proposal that women should be able to work together from premises – which is 10 times safer than working on the street.
• Increased the penalty for running a brothel – two women working together often with a maid who provides security – from six months to seven years!
• Used anti-trafficking legislation to increase deportations of immigrant sex workers. Women ‘rescued’ in police and immigration raids are not given resources and helped to apply to stay, but deported.
• Widened the gap between rich and poor. Most sex workers are mothers, mainly single mothers are supporting families. While benefits for children have gone up the benefits for mothers and single people have not: a single mother with one child is expected to live on over £16 a week less than the government poverty threshold; a single woman is on half; debts and sanctions are imposed for truancy and proposed for lone mothers who cannot take up work, make their poverty even worse. The Home Office has reported that survival is the overriding motivation for prostitution.
• Introduced asylum legislation which deliberately makes women, including mothers, destitute.

Safety? What safety?



The English Collective of Prostitutes and the Safety First Coalition can be contacted at:

PO Box 287, London NW6 5QU

Tel: 020 7482 2496, 07811 964 171

ecp@allwomencount.net
www.prostitutescollective.net



For figures on poverty contact:
PaulNicolson [ätt] z2k.org





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

SW-SExpertinnen aus Schweden und Neuseeland informieren im britischen Parlament über Sexarbeit, über Arbeit, Kriminalisierung und Entkriminalisierung

Die können wir in Deutschland oder jetzt in Östereich doch auch mal konsultieren und einladen?


Clause 72 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (CJIB) is currently passing through Parliament, introducing compulsory rehabilitation for prostitute women under threat of imprisonment. The criminalisation of clients is also being discussed, supposedly to deal with trafficking. Before you decide on these issues



The Safety First Coalition invites you to hear first hand about



New Zealand’s decriminalisation of prostitution,

Sweden’s criminalisation of clients,

and their effects on women’s health and safety.



Keynote speakers:



Catherine Healy, New Zealand

Key to New Zealand’s successful decriminalisation of prostitution in 2003, Ms Healy was appointed by the Minister of Justice to the New Zealand Prostitution Law Review Committee. She is a founding member and the national co-ordinator of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective. She is frequently sought by national and international organisations for advice on issues affecting sex workers. She was widely consulted for the publication of A Guide to Occupational Health and Safety in the New Zealand Sex Industry recommended by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. She collaborated with researchers from Otago University, Christchurch, on major research into the effects of decriminalisation soon to be published. In1993 Ms Healy was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal for her services to women.





Pye Jacobsen, Sweden

Organising for sex workers’ rights since 1994, Ms Jacobsen is a founding member of Sex Workers and Allies in Sweden (SANS) which organises against the criminalisation of sex workers resulting from the criminalisation of clients.



Wednesday 16 January 2008 4-6pm
House of Commons, Committee Room 10
Westminster, London SW1 All welcome

Hosted by John McDonnell MP



The Safety First Coalition is made up of members of the church, nurses, doctors, probation officers, drug reformers, anti-rape organisations, residents from red light areas, sex workers, sex work projects and others who came together in the aftermath of the tragic murders of five young women in Ipswich, to press for women’s safety to be prioritised and for an end to the criminalisation which makes sex workers vulnerable to attack. It opposes Clause 72 which increases criminalisation. It is co-ordinated by the English Collective of Prostitutes.



Clause 72 is being promoted as an alternative to a fine but it is an additional power. It requires anyone arrested for loitering or soliciting to attend a series of three meetings with a supervisor approved by the court “to promote rehabilitation, by assisting the offender to address the causes of their involvement in prostitution and to find ways of ending that involvement.” Women will be humiliated by being asked to reveal intimate circumstances while no resources are being made available to “address the causes”. Failure to attend will result in a summons back to court and a possible 72-hours imprisonment. Women may end up on a treadmill of broken supervision meetings, court orders and imprisonment, on top of fines and prison sentences for non-payment of fines. Even the Magistrates Association has expressed concern.



Dear Sisters and Friends, We are delighted that Catherine Healy and Pye Jacobsen will be with us. This is a unique opportunity to find out about the New Zealand and Swedish experiences from those who really know. We are asking people, particularly outside of London who are unable to attend the meeting on the 16th, to host meetings for them. Would you, your organisation or network be interested in inviting them to speak in the last two weeks in January? We look forward to hearing from you ASAP. We wish you season’s greetings and a peaceful and happy New Year.



English Collective of Prostitutes or Safety First Coalition

Tel: 020 7482 2496, 07811 964 171
ecp@allwomencount.net
www.prostitutescollective.net



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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Backing for plans to ban paying for sex

Kerb crawlers could be named and shamed

Proposals to prosecute men who pay for sex have been backed by a Northamptonshire group set up to protect and support prostitutes working in the county.

It has been revealed that ministers are considering changing laws governing the sex trade, making it illegal for men to buy sex in brothels and on the streets.

Current laws mean it is illegal to kerb crawl, but spokesman for Sex Workers Around Northamptonshire (SWAN), Sam Benfield, said the new laws would discourage men from seeking the services of prostitutes, but added it would not solve all the social problems caused by prostitution.

Miss Benfield, health improvement co-ordinator for SWAN, said: "We would welcome any moves by the Government to tackle the issues of trafficking and exploitation through the prosecution of men who contribute to any aspect of this modern day slavery.

"Simply criminalising an activity does not necessarily remove the problems, and it is important that the Government looks to address the underlying issues of poverty, unemployment, lack of access to training and education, and previous life experiences with men that often result in women becoming involved in off street prostitution.

"Before any major changes in the law regarding prostitution, particularly off street prostitution, it is important that much more research and whole scale review needs to take place by the government to truly understand the issues, and that there is recognition that trafficking and exploitation are not the only factors that lead women into off street sex working."

Other proposals being discussed include naming and shaming men who are caught kerb crawling. A Home Office spokesman said there were no firm plans to criminalise paying for sex.

http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Backi ... 3189669.jp




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Ministers consider prostitution ban

Ministers are considering a ban on prostitution as they try to tackle international human trafficking, Women's Minister Harriet Harman said.

The Government is studying the law in Sweden, where paying for sex has already been made illegal.

Ms Harman, Labour's deputy leader and the Leader of the Commons, said she is convinced that such a move is necessary to stem demand for sex workers trafficked into Britain.

She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think we do need to have a debate and unless you tackle the demand side of human trafficking which is fuelling this trade, we will not be able to protect women from it.

"That is what they've done in Sweden. My own personal view is that's what we need to do as a next step."

Home Office minister Vernon Coaker and junior women's minister Barbara Follett will be visiting Sweden and Amsterdam.

Ms Harman added: "Do we think it's right in the 21st century that women should be in a sex trade or do we think it's exploitation and should be banned?

"Just because something has always gone on, it doesn't mean you just wring your hands and say there's nothing we can do about it."

The move follows talks with newspapers over small advertisements offering services at brothels believed to be linked to human trafficking.

Ms Harman said there was to be new guidance from the Newspaper Society next month which would address that issue. "I think that the new guidance will stop those ads. But the next question is - can we really stop this trade when we've still got a lawful sex trade going on?"

http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM ... oVh002Dn_g

[Marc of Frankfurt]

Führende Politikerin macht sich stark für Prostitutionsverbot


UK 'should outlaw paying for sex'

Generic picture of a prostitute
The sex trade fuels human trafficking, says Ms Harman

Commons Leader Harriet Harman has told the BBC she wants the law to be changed to make it illegal to pay for sex.

She said ministers were to look at how Sweden brought in such a law, and said a "big debate" was needed in the UK.

It would counter international human trafficking which sees girls bought and sold by criminals in the UK, she added.

Buying or selling sex is legal, but many activities related to prostitution such as kerb crawling, brothel keeping, pimping and soliciting are not.

The government has toughened its stance on prostitution in recent years, after initially considering "tolerance zones".

Plans to permit small brothels, with two prostitutes and a maid, to operate legally [and safely] also appear to have been shelved.

A Home Office spokesman said the idea was being put out to "further consultation" after concerns were raised about its impact on local neighbourhoods.



'Sexual exploitation'

The government is carrying out a wholesale review of the laws around prostitution, with the aim of reducing demand and increasing the safety of sex workers.

But Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said there would be a "mini review" looking at lessons from Sweden, after home office minister Vernon Coaker's fact finding trip there in the new year.

She said: "We recognise that there is considerable support for us to do more to tackle the demand for prostitution and to prevent the trafficking of people for sexual exploitation."

A Home Office spokesman said it was "too early to say" whether any changes to the law would apply across the UK or just in England and Wales.



Brothel keeping

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 made it illegal to buy sex from anyone aged under 18 and introduced tough penalties for trafficking adults and children for the purposes of sexual exploitation.





UK PROSTITUTION LAWS
- Prostitution is not illegal
- Brothel-keeping is a criminal offence
- Kerb-crawling and soliciting are also illegal
- The Sexual Offences Act 2003 introduced penalties against those who sexually exploit children
- Trafficking adults or children for the purposes of committing sexual offences was also outlawed

"Do we think it's right in the 21st Century that women should be in a sex trade or do we think it's exploitation and should be banned" Harriet Harman, Commons leader.

How it works in Sweden:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6343325.stm

"Outside of sex trafficking, it seems to me that it's the women exploiting the men" Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP





It is not illegal for an individual aged over 18 to work as a prostitute in off-street premises but where there is more than one prostitute, the owner of the premises can be prosecuted for keeping a brothel.

Many of the activities associated with street prostitution, such as soliciting and kerb-crawling, are also illegal and it is against the law to advertise sexual services on cards in telephone boxes.

The current laws are largely aimed at reducing nuisance for local neighbourhoods, a Home Office spokesman said.

But Harriet Harman says more needs to be done to tackle demand and protect women.



'Very big debate'

She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Just because something has always gone on, doesn't mean you just wring your hands and say, 'Oh well there's nothing we can do about it'.

"We do need to have a debate and unless you tackle the demand side of human trafficking which is fuelling this trade, we will not be able to protect women from it.

"That is what they've done in Sweden. My own personal view is that's what we need to do as a next step."

Ms Harman, who is also deputy Labour leader and equality secretary, said she wanted a "very big debate" on the issue involving groups such as the Women's Institute, community organisations, Church and other faith groups.

This should look at whether "we think it's right in the 21st Century that women should be in a sex trade or do we think it's exploitation and should be banned".

Ms Harman said action needed to be taken to tackle the demand side of international human trafficking, which had led to "teenage girls being bought and sold by criminal gangs in car parks in this country".

She was speaking after talks with newspapers over small advertisements offering services at brothels believed to be linked to human trafficking.

Ms Harman said there was to be new guidance from the Newspaper Society next month that would address the issue.

"The new guidance will stop those ads. But the next question is - can we really stop this trade when we've still got a lawful sex trade going on?"

The English Collective of Prostitutes attacked Ms Harman's support for the Swedish system and urged her to look at New Zealand's system of legalising brothels instead.



State-run facilities

Spokeswoman Cari Mitchell said the Swedish system of criminalising men who buy sex had forced prostitution further underground and "made women more vulnerable to violence".

Alan Gordon, vice chairman of the Police Federation, also spoke out against further criminalisation, adding: "A move towards legalising state-run facilities would certainly be something which could be examined, as they could possibly eradicate underground prostitution and therefore have a knock-on effect on human trafficking."

Ms Harman's words were welcomed by Tory MP Philip Hollobone who is campaigning for a ban on selling sex but Lib Dem spokesman David Howarth said a ban could put women in more danger.

UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom said "consensual prostitution" should remain legal adding: "Ms Harman said that she wants to look at ways of ending the 'exploitation' of women but outside of sex trafficking, it seems to me that it's the women exploiting the men."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7153358.stm

[Marc of Frankfurt]

Sehr guter Bericht über die unterschiedlichen Facetten im SexBiz.

Tales of sex and sadness from inside Britain's oldest profession

Ministers' moves to make paying for sex illegal have sparked a new debate over the role of the oldest profession. What will a crackdown do for the women involved?

o Amelia Hill
o The Observer,
o Sunday December 23 2007

Opinions were divided among prostitutes yesterday over proposals to change the law to make it illegal to pay for sex. Some think it will increase the safety of sex workers and reduce the trade in human trafficking; others believe it will force the trade further underground and increase the dangers for prostitutes.

Paying for sex is not illegal in Britain, although brothel-keeping is a criminal offence, as are kerb-crawling and soliciting. Changes to current legislation were proposed last week by Denis McShane, former Minister for Europe, and Harriet Harman, the Women's Minister.

'The time has come to tackle the demand side of the ever-increasing exploitation of women and that means making men accept that they have responsibility for the sex-slave industry,' said McShane, whose tabled amendment to put men before the courts if they pay women for sex is backed by local authorities and police chiefs.

Harman, Labour's deputy leader and the Leader of the Commons, agreed. She used an interview on Radio Four's Today programme to call for a debate. 'Unless you tackle the demand for human trafficking, we will not be able to protect women from it,' she said. 'Do we think it's right, in the 21st century, that women should be in a sex trade or do we think it's exploitation and should be banned? My own personal view is that's what we need to do as a next step.'

The government is carrying out a wholesale review of the laws around prostitution after gradually toughening its stance on the sex trade over recent years. Plans to permit 'tolerance zones' containing small brothels, with two prostitutes and a maid, were recently shelved, while trafficking adults or children for the purposes of committing sexual offences was specifically outlawed last year, after the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, rejected Home Office objections that helping women trafficked as sex slaves would encourage more migration to the UK. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 also introduced penalties against those who sexually exploit children.

As part of the new review, ministers will travel to Sweden, where paying for sex has already been made illegal. They will consider McShane's proposed legislation, supported by MPs Fiona Mactaggart and Barry Gardiner, that local authorities and the police be given powers to identify zones in town areas where men caught paying for sex may be charged and put before the courts.

Britain has an estimated 25,000 women in brothels, some under the age of 16 and many under 21, who have been trafficked into the UK to work in brothels and massage parlours.

'These are ruthlessly exploited girls and women who are not willing sex workers but who are beaten, raped and held as prisoners to satisfy the demand of British men for paid-for sex,' said McShane, whose tabling of the amendment follows talks with newspapers to stop the publication of small advertisements offering services at brothels which are believed to be linked to human trafficking.

'This is seedy, international crime and the men who pay for it should be made to accept their responsibility,' he added. 'Just as laws to stop kerb-crawling [Straßen-Auto-strich] have seen an average 900 convictions a year since 2001 and helped to reduce that part of the sex trade.'

'I'd been dreaming of a future as a wife and a mother' - Alma, 26

Alma (not her real name) fell in love with a man she met in Poland seven months ago. He said he wanted to introduce her to his family. Under this pretence, he ended up kidnapping her. He used a false passport to bring her to Manchester and force her to work in a brothel.

'I had been working as a waitress, dreaming of a future as a wife and mother,' Alma says. 'This man shared my Muslim religion. I trusted him. When he locked me in his house, took away all my money and possessions, I was terrified. But when he forced me into a car and had a friend drive me to a foreign country where I didn't speak the language or know anyone, I was beside myself . My family went to the police but after a week I knew they wouldn't take me back because, according to our religion, I was ruined.

'He beat me and made me live with another girl who spied on me. She wouldn't leave me for a second and reported to this man if I did anything that looked like trying to escape. He forced me to work in the brothel, but the clients complained because I just cried all the time. The manager asked me what was wrong. I didn't have the language to express myself, but eventually I managed to explain. I don't think she felt sorry for me, but she saw that I wasn't going to earn her brothel any money because I would never willingly work. She helped me to escape and I went to the police. This has damaged my life in all directions. I have no dreams now and no hopes. I have nothing.'

Frances Brodrick, of Eaves, the charity that helps homeless women, is assisting Alma to prosecute the man for trafficking and stay in Britain. She says: 'We welcome Harriet Harman's recommendations; they are a great start, but they will only work if we match them with well-funded and well-structured exit strategies for the women they will affect. They are often so damaged, physically and psychologically, that simply trying to force them off the streets will never work.'

'He tortured me so badly I needed a hysterectomy [Gebärmutterentfernungs-OP]' - Toni, 37

Toni was made redundant from her job as a teacher in the same month that her husband had a serious bike accident that left him permanently disabled and unable to work. With two small children, the couple soon found themselves in debt.

'We found the benefits system completely untenable for the lifestyle I expected to be able to give my children and I refused to lower my standards. Soon the bailiffs were knocking at the door and I realised the children could be taken away from me. Prostitution hadn't crossed my mind, but then I saw an escort agency recruiting for jobs and, somehow, it suddenly seemed like a matter-of-fact decision.

'I met the agency owners for an interview in a motorway layby and by the end of that evening I had seen four separate clients and had £400 to show my husband. After a while it almost became like a normal 9-to-5 job. I was a mum during the day, then at night I was working for an escort agency.

'But seven months after I started, I was raped by a client. He tied me up for four-and a-half hours, during which time he tortured me so badly I needed a hysterectomy. I eventually escaped, but the police refused to prosecute him because I was a prostitute. It took me three years, but eventually I took out the first ever private prosecution for rape in England and Wales with the help of the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP). He got 14 years. I haven't worked in the sex trade since.

'The sort of legislation being suggested by Harriet Harman will force women out of the brothels and on to the most deserted, most dangerous streets. She is playing into the hands of the most violent men who target those areas.

'We need to legalise prostitution, as in New Zealand. That's the only way for prostitutes to be safe.'

'I'd stop, but I'm trapped by my criminal record' - Jenny, 47

Jenny, 47, started working as a prostitute on the streets of Manchester after fleeing an abusive partner. Living in a hostel for abused women, trying to care for her profoundly disabled seven-year-old daughter, she says she had no choice but to turn to the trade.

'I used to work for ICI as a printer and my partner was a builder, but I stopped work to care for my daughter after she was born. We had a comfortable life, but when I left I had a single suitcase to my name. I was completely desperate. It was either a case of me putting my daughter in care and topping myself, or getting money quickly.

'I met a girl who worked on the streets and that gave me the idea. The first night I was numb, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The other girls were a complete mixture, but they were perfectly nice to me. The clients were a surprise, too. Most are really nice and you actually build up a sort of relationship with regular clients.

'I've even been on a couple of exotic holidays. I've had a client leave his wife for me twice, but I always send him back. You adopt a persona when working on the streets. You can be nice to the men for a couple of hours, but if you're with that person constantly it's difficult.

'I would have stopped working as a prostitute years ago but I'm trapped now because, thanks to soliciting being illegal, I've got a criminal record that makes doing other work very difficult [Die sogenannte "Falle Prostitution"!]. So instead of being able to put this behind me, I just try to do it as little as possible.

'We need to legalise prostitution. Instead of trying to force women to leave the trade by making it too dangerous for them to continue, we need to provide more funding, increased facilities and more support to stop these girls needing to earn money in the first place.'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/ ... lexclusion





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Bericht über die landesweiten Großrazzien

Sex Slaves Bought For £7000 Freed In Police Raid

Dec 27 2007 By Tom Hamilton

THREE women held as sex slaves in Scotland were bought for just £7000 - and forced to have sex with up to 20 men a day.

Human traffickers charged up to £60-a-time for sex with the victims, two Slovakians and a Lithuanian.

The women have now been freed thanks to a massive police operation.

They were among 17 sex slaves rescued during a series of raids across Scotland in the last few months.

Last night, one senior officer said the slaves were being treated like "used cars".

Strathclyde Assistant Chief Constable John Malcolm said: "Often, people are brought in to the country, sold on for a price and moved to another part of the country - much like selling on a car.

"And just as cars depreciate, the value of a person can depreciate.

"It's a horrible set of circumstances for people to find themselves in.

"This year is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery and we are using that to draw attention to this problem.

"Someone is making money from all this misery. Our job is to take appropriate action."

Every police force in Scotland has been involved in the latest clampdown on human trafficking.

The recent raids took place as part of Operation Pentameter 2, a UK-wide effort to free women from the clutches of organised crime gangs who make millions from the sick trade every year.

For operational reasons, police are unable to reveal details of the raids or of any arrests made.

But they did confirm that cases of human trafficking are rising at a faster rate in Scotland than in the rest of the UK. Mr Malcolm said yesterday: "People who are trafficked are coerced or abducted or maybe conned here on the promise of employment.

"Usually, the first thing is their passport is taken off them and they are visited upon with violence. That violence can be sexual if people are going to be forced into prostitution."

The Glasgow sex industry alone is worth an estimated s7million a year, earned by women forced to work in saunas, in private flats and as escorts.

Many are regularly sold and re-sold between organised criminals working in all of the UK's major cities.

Last year, the original Operation Pentameter resulted in 515 raids and 84 suspected victims of human trafficking being identified.

A 14-year-old girl in Dumfries was the youngest person rescued.

Many of the victims are raped and beaten by their barbaric "owners" before they are put to work.

Those involved in the twisted trade face up to 14 years in jail.

Police usually calculate Scotland has a 10 per cent share of UK crime figures - but we now have an alarming 13.5 per cent of the human trafficking trade.

A drop-in centre for sex industry workers in Glasgow recently launched special clinics for women who sell their bodies [fragwürdiger Ausdruck] in saunas. They have women from more than 30 countries on their books.

Inspector Arlene Smith said: "They are now running clinics for these women three days a week and have registered women of 34 different nationalities. From Asia, China, Nigeria, Latvia - there's quite amix."

The priority of Operation Pentameter 2 is to identify and aid the women who have fallen into the hands of the organised crime gangs.

Detective Chief Superintendent Campbell Corrigan, chairman of the Scottish Human Trafficking Group, said: "There has been action in every Scottish force since October 3 and there have been numerous days of action.

"We'll go through a multitude of brothel doors and uncover the off-street sex industry and rescue people.

"The by-product is organised criminals are arrested. But the first objective is to rescue women. This is a victim-centred operation."

Corrigan added: "Some people are employed in the sex industry to pay off a debt in their homeland. They can be bonded until that money is paid back.

"They can earn a wage as well and when the bond is paid they are free to go. But there is no stereotype.

"There are traditional sauna brothels but the people running brothels don't want the added annoyance that we might come through the door. So more recently, we're seeing off-street private rented houses being used. The women are in there and it's a brothel and they're held as modern-day slaves.

"They have nowhere to go. They have no passport and they feel they can't go to the police because of threats of violence to their families back home.

"People have an image they're locked in a cell - that's not the case."

Those behind the industry are often linked to drug dealing and other forms of organised crime.

Another team member, Chief Inspector Cameron Cavin, said: "We're talking about a lot of money and it's used to fuel other criminality.

"The victims will get professional levels of care first and foremost. The psychological damage is horrendous." Rescued women are cared for by Tara - the Trafficking Awareness Raising Alliance.

Detective Chief Superintendent Corrigan believes the public can help as much as they did in providing tip-offs to police about cannabis farms.

He said: "We'd like the public to report in if they see a couple of young women moving into a flat and notice an inordinate amount of people visiting. That gives us reason to visit."

ACC Malcolm added: "In England, one man who had used the services of a girl went back to the house and actually rescued the girl and took her to police.

"We're trying to touch the consciences of these people - so they don't treat these girls like commodities."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scott ... -20266238/





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Leserbrief eines konservativen Politikers gegen ein Schwedisches Regiment


Human traffic

Outlawing prostitution will drive it underground



Sir, Commons Leader Harriet Harman wants to criminalise paying women for sex using the Criminal Justice Bill to outlaw prostitution (“Paying for sex may be made illegal”, report, Dec 21) .

Last Thursday’s Newsnight discussion failed to distinguish between prostitution on the one hand and human-trafficking on the other — the exploitation of others for profit. No one has a clue as to the number of victims of trafficking. Government estimates range from hundreds to thousands.

Research into the Swedish approach, criminalising the buying of sex, shows that it simply drives human-trafficking underground, making it nigh impossible for trafficked women to escape their traffickers.

The pressing issue in Britain is the hidden crime of trafficking in women for other purposes, such as forced labour, domestic servitude, debt bondage and benefit fraud. Not that sexy, but as urgent as those forced into prostitution.

The Government’s continued failure to ratify the Council of Europe Convention means victims remain unprotected and unidentified. They will not come forward. Traffickers will not be prosecuted. Harriet Harman’s zero-tolerance proposal will do little to halt human trafficking.

Anthony Steen, MP

Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking of Women & Children

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/commen ... 097060.ece





www.anthonysteen.org.uk = www.anthonysteen.org = www.anthonysteen.info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Steen





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Argumentations-Übung in der Anti-Pro-Prostitutionsdebatte

Presseartikel der AntiProstitutionsliga und dagegen ein Leserbrief aus der Sexworkerbewegung





1. Presseartikel vermischt sog. Menschenhandel und Prostitution
Joan Smith:
Yes, it should be a crime to pay for sex

THE
INDEPENDENT
ON SUNDAY
Published: 27 December 2007

You've got that bloated post-Christmas feeling, brought on by too much food and too much time with your nearest and dearest. What to do? Some people go to the gym, some meet their mates and go to a football match, and some want nothing more than a bracing work-out with a teenage sex slave. Trafficked women report a surge in demand at this time of year as men go along to massage parlours and brothels advertised in local papers, drawn by the promise of a regular supply of fresh young girls from Thailand or Ukraine.

If they look under age, speak little English and seem scared, so what? It's their choice, men have to get sex somewhere and going on the game is a traditional way for girls without education or skills to make a bit of easy money. What sort of killjoy could possibly object to that? Only those bloody feminists, who've even managed to get themselves into the Government these days, but we all know they're female eunuchs who just want to stop blokes having a good time. I mean, Harriet Harman? Don't get me started.

I'm caricaturing, of course, but not by much. Next month, when MPs return from their Christmas holidays, they'll be asked to vote on an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill which would give councils and police chiefs the power to ban men from paying for sex in designated areas. The idea is to extend action against kerb crawlers to brothels and massage parlours, which is where the majority of trafficked women are forced to "work" in this country; it's a British version of a Swedish law which came into effect nine years ago and has radically changed the way many people think about prostitution.

Like most radical proposals, it has polarised opinion, although the degree of personal invective against those of us who support it is an eye-opener. Actually, I can't help suspecting that some of the critics have a vested interest in maintaining a man's "right" to buy sex, or their responses wouldn't be quite so hysterical.

Their Pollyanna fantasies could not be more out of touch with the real world of prostitution and trafficking, two phenomena which are inextricably linked. Voluntary prostitution – by which I mean that minority of women in the sex trade who go into it because they are poor, out of work and dependent on drugs – is such an awful job that there are simply not enough women and girls to meet demand.

According to a study published four years ago in the Journal of Trauma Practice, 89 per cent of women in prostitution want to escape; a field study in nine countries showed that between 60 and 75 per cent of women in prostitution had been raped, between 70 and 95 per cent had been physically assaulted, and 68 per cent displayed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in the same range as combat veterans and victims of torture. Other research, this time from Canada, suggests that women in prostitution are 40 times more likely to be murdered than the rest of the female population.

Against this background, a lucrative opportunity has opened up for sex-traffickers to bring foreign girls and women to countries like the UK to satisfy growing demand. No one knows how many trafficked women are "working" in city centre and suburban brothels in this country, with estimates varying from 4,000 to 25,000. What is clear is that in most Western countries the sex trade is now dominated by foreign women, many of them tricked or coerced into sexual slavery. The men they are forced to service are not the classic shy loners beloved by pro-prostitution fantasists; research shows that most clients are sexually-active men aged between 30 and 55, married or co-habiting, whose attitudes to women are about as enlightened as your average Manchester United footballer.

They buy sex because they like variety, because they want sex acts they can't get from regular partners, and because they like verbally abusing or beating women; it is these men – ordinary husbands and fathers who spent a fortune on presents for their wives and kids a couple of days ago – who are the engine of the trade in trafficked women. The US State Department considerably understated the case when it suggested that where prostitution is legalised or tolerated, "there is a greater demand for human trafficking victims and nearly always an increase in the number of women and children trafficked into commercial sex slavery".

Amazingly, there is still no shortage of people arguing that the answer is legalisation. Here we enter another fantasy world, where all the problems associated with prostitution are about health and safety, and can be answered by setting up legal establishments where attractive young women with certificates of sexual health happily service polite clients (themselves free of STIs). There was a time when such arguments appealed to liberals like me, but that was before they were put into practice in several countries – notably Germany, the Netherlands and some parts of Australia – with disastrous consequences.

Legalising prostitution stimulates demand, encourages trafficking and promotes the existence of a parallel illegal industry where men can get unprotected or anal sex. In Victoria, which has a population of only 3.5 million, the number of legal brothels jumped from 40 to 94 in a 10-year period, and were easily outnumbered by unlicensed establishments. But the most astounding figures come from Germany, where legalisation has created a situation in which 1.2 mllion men pay for sex each day. An estimated 400,000 women are working in prostitution, 80 per cent of them foreign and a high proportion trafficked. During last year's football World Cup, many of them "worked" in narrow booths on motorways, forced to have sex with dozens of men each day.

In the nine years since Sweden made buying sex a criminal offence, there has been a drop in the number of women working as prostitutes and in trafficked women. Fewer than 600 women are trafficked into the country each year, compared with more than 10,000 in neighbouring Finland, and intercepts of telephone conversations between traffickers show that they're giving up on Sweden. At least 1,700 men have been charged with paying or trying to pay for sex, and the figure would have been much higher if the courts had been able to handle them.

It's a bold experiment, and the government is unashamed of the fact that the law is based on the notion that prostitution is an aspect of male violence towards women and children. I couldn't agree more, and I have a final thought for those who have steam coming out of their ears. If prostitution is so great, why don't you encourage your daughters to go and work in a brothel? Not to mention your sons.

http://comment.independent.co.uk/commen ... 286793.ece





2. Leserbrief



Dear Sir,

Joan Smith's December 27 article "Yes, it should be a crime to pay
for sex" at
http://comment.independent.co.uk/commen ... 286793.ece
is in danger of reinforcing common mistaken stereotypes
concerning prostitution and victims of human trafficking. A genuine,
forced or coerced trafficking victim is not a prostitute. (S)he is a
rape victim.

Ms Smith states that estimates vary between 4,000 and 25,000 sex
trafficking victims in the UK. Whilst both these figures seem to
have emanated from the Home Office, no methodology explaining their
foundation has been made available. The nationwide police operation
Pentameter 1, which uses the Palermo Protocol definition of
trafficking (article 3 at
http://untreaty.un.org/English/TreatyEv ... eaty2E.pdf )
and involved all 55 forces in the UK, found either 84 or 88
depending which police report you read.
Crimestoppers:
http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/assets/ ... flet06.pdf
or the ACPO report here:
http://www.ukhtc.org/includes/104%20Ope ... ameter.pdf

Its successor, Pentameter 2, has found more but nothing like the
number that would justify even the smaller of the two figures.

The 4,000 figure appears on page 25 of the 2005-6 Joint Committee on
Human Rights report on Human Trafficking at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/p ... 45/245.pdf
where the committee reported the "Government told us that [research]
showed that there were an estimated 4,000 victims of trafficking for
prostitution in the UK during 2003 at any one time. Because the
research has not yet been published, we have not been able to judge
the validity of this figure."

According to the Protocol (see Article 3b), the willing
participation of the "victim" is regarded as irrelevant in
determining whether someone has been trafficked, so to portray all
cases as involving misled foreign nationals who were under the
impression they were to work as nannies is nonsense. People can and
have been convicted of trafficking despite the fact that the foreign
nationals concerned entered the country legally with the intention
of working as prostitutes in brothels, as in:
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2007/1652.html

So even the 84 or 88 figures may not comprise entirely of what most
people would see as trafficking "victims" wanting or
requiring "rescuing". They may even end up victims of the police
closing their workplaces down.

The presence of large numbers of foreign women in brothels does not
make them trafficking victims, anymore than their presence in food
processing factories. One needs to consider that work in a brothel
can be a relatively very well paid job that can be performed by
people with little or no English, and can therefore appear
attractive to a large number of foreign women following the opening
up of the European labour market, especially to women who may come
from countries where prostitution and related activity is not an
offence.

Due to their language limitations, these people are less likely to
work as independent escorts and more likely to work in brothels or
for agencies, within an infrastructure where others provide language
skills.

The US State Department, where Ms Smith seems to have obtained many
of her facts and references, estimated 50,000 trafficking victims
per year in the US. Yet after several years of searching, the
creation of 42 Justice Department task forces and the spending of
$150m, the US had managed to find only 1,362 actual "victims" by
last September (see http://tinyurl.com/346tum ) All this
suggests the US claims in this regard are about as tenable as their
Weapons of Mass Destruction estimates.

All this, of course, does not mean society should not do what it can
to identify genuine cases, prosecute those responsible, and end the
sufferings of real victims.

However, as a great deal of police evidence on trafficking victims
comes at present from prostitutes' clients, rendering the latter
illegal and pushing prostitution further underground is hardly a
constructive way of going about matters.

Yours sincerely,





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

So sind die Leserbriefe im Independant erschienen:

http://comment.independent.co.uk/letter ... 295876.ece



Sex workers are not helpless victims

Sir: I am a sex worker and a sex manager. I run an agency and I work as a male escort and have done so for ten years. I have met hundreds of clients and represented hundreds of sex workers. I have never come across anyone who was coerced or trafficked.

Thousands of sex workers throughout this country work freely and by choice in an industry that provides them with a good income and flexible hours. Many sex workers do the work for a short time and others make a full-time career out of it

I wonder how many real sex workers Joan Smith has met ("Yes, it should be a crime to pay for sex", 27 December). I suggest she speaks to real sex workers and learns the truth about the industry.

I do not argue that there is not a problem with trafficked victims, but I do question the numbers and strongly urge that further criminalisation will do nothing to stop this vile trade. It will have quite the opposite effect.

Sweden is seen by prohibitionists as a model for the destruction of the sex trade, but Sweden had a tiny sex worker community to begin with and those few sex workers are now more victimised than ever before.

Further criminalisation will not work here but rather will push the industry further underground and into the hands of the criminals we all despise. If she is genuinely concerned with helping the victims of crime, then she should look to decriminalise the industry and open the industry up to public scrutiny. The vast majority of sex workers are not victims and hate being classed as victims, just as the vast majority of managers are not evil pimps but rather are employees of sex workers, employed by them to provide collective services.

How many lives will be destroyed by the state egged on by people like Joan Smith simply because they have chosen to work in an industry that she disapproves of?

Douglas Fox

Newcastle Upon Tyne





Sir: Joan Smith's article "Yes, it should be a crime to pay for sex" is in danger of reinforcing common mistaken stereotypes concerning prostitution and victims of human trafficking. A genuine, coerced trafficking victim is not a prostitute. She is a rape victim.

Ms Smith states that estimates vary between 4,000 and 25,000 sex-trafficking victims in the UK. Whilst both these figures seem to have emanated from the Home Office, no methodology explaining their foundation has been made available. The nationwide police operation Pentameter 1, which used the Palermo Protocol definition of trafficking and involved all 55 forces in the UK, found either 84 or 88 depending which report you read, Crimestoppers or Acpo. Its successor, Pentameter 2, has found more, but nothing like the number that would justify even the smaller of the two figures.

The 4,000 figure appears on page 25 of the 2005-6 Joint Committee on Human Rights report on Human Trafficking, where the committee reported the "Government told us that [research] showed that there were an estimated 4,000 victims of trafficking for prostitution in the UK during 2003 at any one time. Because the research has not yet been published, we have not been able to judge the validity of this figure."

All this does not mean society should not do what it can to identify genuine cases, prosecute those responsible, and end the sufferings of real victims. However, as a great deal of police evidence on trafficking victims comes at present from prostitutes' clients, rendering the latter illegal and pushing prostitution further underground is hardly a constructive way of going about matters.

Stephen Paterson

Colwyn Bay, North Wales





Sir: I write in response to the letter from a host of academics entitled, "Sex workers need no moral crusades" (22 December). I entirely agree with the points they make. It is wrong, of course, for anybody to be forced to work in the sex industry and there should be criminal sanctions in place to tackle those involved in that aspect of the market. But why should everybody engaged in selling and buying sex be subjected to draconian criminal measures? This is one reason that those working in the industry should be involved in a debate on the subject.

In many instances, women choose to sell sex because they want to, not because they are forced to. The reasons may be many and varied – choosing when and how they work and the amount of money they are capable of earning, for example, might feature among those reasons. If a man chooses to buy sex from a woman choosing to sell it, what harm is being done? To criminalise such transactions would mean that numerous people would be hauled up before the courts when there is not even a victim.

Our laws on prostitution have always been behind the times and ineffective. Why not have brothels that are regulated? That would be one way to make sex workers offer their services in a safer environment than a dimly-lit street.

TERRY SYKES

Ilford, Essex





Sir: How does Julie Harrison (letter, 29 December) know that many people object to men buying sex? Most people, I suggest, are completely indifferent to prostitution so long as it doesn't affect them. And what evidence does she have of men "in their thousands" sexually exploiting women? So far just 88 trafficked women have been rescued from the sex trade.

Allan Friswell

Cowling, North Yorkshire





Sir: Julie Harrison alludes to large numbers of women being enslaved and beaten. These are extremely serious matters; so serious that it would be surprising if they were not already covered in criminal law. Ms Harrison offers a case neither for enacting new legislation nor for making this gender-specific.

John Riseley

Harrogate, North Yorkshire





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Bis zu 3 Tagen Gefängnisstrafe droht Prostituierten,
wenn sie nicht zu Zwangsgesprächsterminen erscheinen
gemäß den vorgeschlagenen Prostitutionsgesetzen

Prison threat to prostitutes


Thousands of prostitutes face the prospect of jail for up to 72 hours if they fail to comply with counselling sessions under proposed new legislation.

Under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, women convicted of loitering and soliciting could be ordered to attend three one-hour counselling sessions with a named supervisor or face up to three days in detention if they fail to comply.

The sessions, which could be imposed instead of a fine or any other penalty, would be aimed at helping women find ways of ending their involvement with prostitution.

But the probation service union, Napo, has said the majority of women involved in prostitution have drug and alcohol addictions, have children to support and little prospect of alternative employment.

It has argued that the named supervisor would "in all probability" be from the probation service - but there are no resources for the sessions and the majority of women will not turn up.

The union has warned that there is a "real risk" that community homes, police stations and prisons will be "overwhelmed" by women who are in default of their orders.

"The Bill reintroduces punishment and custody by the backdoor," Napo said in a briefing note. "Thousands of prostitutes will be criminalised and face three days needlessly in jail at the time when the system is in meltdown."

The union has urged MPs to vote to delete the measures from the Bill when it is debated in the House of Commons next Wednesday.

Harry Fletcher, Napo assistant general secretary said: "The causes of prostitution are complex. The vast majority of women have no obvious alternative source of income or employment and the majority have severe problems with drugs and alcohol.

"Three compulsory counselling sessions are hardly going to help. The threat of a short period of incarceration for failure to turn up turns the clock back 25 years. If the probation service or other organisations are to be involved they must have the resources to offer the women real alternatives. This measure is unnecessarily punitive and should be withdrawn."


http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM ... Gxpj0NfwgA

[Marc of Frankfurt]

Konservative wollen mehr Regierungsaktivitäten sehen, weil die Täterzahlen Menschenhandel zu gering sind.

Tories attack government for lack of action on trafficking


Tania Branigan, political correspondent
Friday January 4, 2008
The Guardian

A declining number of convictions for human trafficking shows that ministers must step up action to tackle the problem, the Conservatives said yesterday.

David Davis urged the government to put into force the European convention on trafficking, create a helpline for victims, and allow specialist support projects to assist victims aged under 18.

"The government signed the European convention on human trafficking amidst great fanfare last year," said the shadow home secretary. "But, a year on, it doesn't even have a plan or timetable for ratification. As a result, the convention will enter into force next month without Britain as a party. In the meantime this dreadful problem continues."

Article continues
Although the government's action plan on the matter says the Crown Prosecution Service regards trafficking cases as a priority, there have been only 67 convictions so far for trafficking under the Sexual Offences Act 2003. A 2006 report from the joint parliamentary committee on human rights said that there had been too few prosecutions under existing laws.

The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, told the Commons last month that 27 people were convicted in 2006 but only 16 in 2007 - although the latter does not cover a full year. She also said there had been no convictions to date for forced labour under the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004.

Launching a Tory research paper, Davis said that Operation Pentameter, the anti-trafficking initiative, should be made a permanent campaign, adding: "It is a nationwide problem, it is a nationwide tragedy, it is a nationwide disgrace and it should be treated on a nationwide basis."

The Tories also highlighted a recent report by Unicef that showed that 183 of the 330 child trafficking victims put into care in the UK later went missing. It also warned that official figures significantly underestimated the true scale of child trafficking and said a professional guardian should be appointed for each victim.

The Conservatives' document calls for a change in the rules so that specialist support projects can help the under-18s. It says: "There is no safe accommodation providing 24-hour care for trafficked children and as a result many of them end up in foster care, hostels or even bed-and-breakfast accommodation."

A Home Office spokeswoman said: "The government has a comprehensive end-to-end strategy in place to tackle human trafficking and has made considerable progress in this area in recent years with the publication of the UK Action Plan in March 2007 and signature of the Council of Europe convention.

"Other progress includes the introduction of comprehensive anti-trafficking laws, resulting in a number of successful convictions. We have also established the Serious Organised Crime Agency ... supported by a new police-led, multi-agency UK Human Trafficking Centre."

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/conserva ... 32,00.html





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Hundreds of girls rescued from traffickers in Britain are snatched back and forced into prostitution

By MATTHEW HICKLEY - More by this author » Last updated at 01:00am on 4th January 2008


Hundreds of children rescued from traffickers are being snatched back and forced into prostitution, officials have warned.

A United Nations survey found that out of 330 youngsters saved from criminal gangs in the UK, well over half subsequently went missing from local authority care.

The fear is they were followed and recaptured by their traffickers.

The figures were highlighted by the Conservatives yesterday as they demanded tougher Government action to deal with the horrors of people-trafficking - an industry worth an estimated £5billion a year.

In Britain up to 25,000 foreign women and girls are trapped in a modern form of slavery - smuggled into the country, threatened with violence and forced to work as prostitutes.

Most come from poor countries in search of a better life but find themselves trapped by their debts to gangs and unable to seek protection because they are illegal immigrants.

One prostitute can make more than £100,000 a year profit for her "pimp".

Tory critics said the issue was no longer confined to major cities but was being seen in towns and villages.

Shadow home secretary David Davis said: "Two hundred years after we abolished the slave trade it is a shame on our country that we are not treating this problem more seriously."

He said young teenagers were being turned away from specialist safe house projects for trafficking victims because their age meant they should be in council care.

Local authorities, however, were not well enough equipped to protect the children and many became easy prey for trafficking gangs hunting them down.

Mr Davis said: "The idea of a girl of 15 from Estonia going to one of these centres and being turned away just makes me want to cry."

He said an effective border police force with full enforcement powers would be well placed to lead the hunt for trafficking victims and gangs.

People-trafficking was made a specific criminal offence in 2003. But opposition critics claim far too few prosecutions are being brought given the massive scale of the problem, with just 16 cases last year.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770

Other news: Illegal immigrants walk three miles through Channel Tunnel in attempt to sneak into UK.

Foto -Twisted fate: children rescued from people-traffickers in the UK are being 'snatched back and forced into prostitution'





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

New campaign warns kerb-crawlers





Kerb crawling campaign poster



The posters warn kerb-crawlers that they will be arrested
Kerb-crawlers are being targeted by a new poster campaign to remind them they could be arrested and fined for using street prostitutes in Scotland.

More than 40 men have been charged with soliciting for sex since the law changed towards the end of last year.

Historically, only selling sex was punishable by law.

An opinion poll commissioned for this latest campaign found that most people were aware that kerb crawling was now a crime.

More than a third of those surveyed said the threat of being "named and shamed" was the most effective deterrent, while 14% felt the potential £1,000 fine was the toughest penalty.

For 12% of those asked, it was being found out by friends and family that was the main disincentive.

• "To those who have previously bought sex or who are considering it, I say don't"
  Kenny MacAskill
  Justice Secretary

The Scottish Government wants to take the powers even further, and is working with Westminster to ensure that, in future, courts will have the power to disqualify offenders from driving.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill added that the government was working with agencies to help women out of prostitution.

However, he warned that all those trying to buy sex now faced the full force of the law.

He said: "To those who have previously bought sex or who are considering it, I say don't.

"Don't try to convince yourself that it does not harm the women involved - it does.

"Don't try to convince yourself it does not harm the communities where women are harassed and families refuse to let their children play in the streets and parks.



Social costs

"And don't fool yourself that your actions and their consequences will not harm the very things closest to you - your family, friendships and employment. It will."

The awareness raising initiative involves enhanced police enforcement alongside an advertising campaign highlighting the social and legal costs of kerb crawling and prostitution.

Assistant Chief Constable, John Neilson, from the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS), said: "Clearly street prostitution won't be eradicated overnight but we're very encouraged by the positive and immediate impact our efforts seem to be yielding across Scotland.

"Some 40 men have been charged with offences relating to loitering or soliciting within the first 12 weeks of enforcement.

"For anyone not yet convinced that our efforts will be sustained, I can assure them, there will be no safe haven."

Jan Macleod, senior development officer for the Women's Support Project, also welcomed the campaign.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7186106.stm





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Kerb-crawlers get rehab in Polish

Polish-speaking men arrested for kerb-crawling in Nottinghamshire will be given rehabilitation programmes in their own language.

Nottinghamshire Police said it was the first constabulary in the UK to offer the courses in Polish.

Polish men who are caught approaching prostitutes for sex will be given the Change Programme.

Police plan to introduce the course in other languages in the future, including Kurdish.

• "In Poland, the act of kerb-crawling itself is not illegal"
  Dr Beata Polanowska, editor, Po Polsku

Nottinghamshire Police's Sgt Neil Radford said a Polish psychologist at University of Nottingham has helped them set up the Polish language course.

Dr Beata Polanowska, editor of an East Midlands Polish newspaper, said there were different anti-prostitution laws in Poland.

"In Poland, the act of kerb-crawling itself is not illegal and it is the person benefiting financially from prostitution who would be arrested.

"It may be because these men are unaware of the penalties, but it may equally be because they feel lonely as their wives or girlfriends are in Poland."

She said the police told her the number of Polish men caught kerb-crawling was relatively low, but they represented a large percentage of the county's immigrants who do not speak English.

The one-day course was first launched in Hampshire, before being adopted in Dorset and Nottinghamshire.

The scheme looks at the effects a criminal conviction has on men's families, how kerb-crawling affects communities and what the future holds for the men.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 182718.stm





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Woman, 55, faces brothel charges

A woman has been remanded in custody charged with controlling prostitution and trafficking women for sexual exploitation.

Geok Eng Cheung, 55, with no fixed address but from Malaysia, was also charged with human trafficking.

A policeman told the court that when charged with controlling prostitution, the accused replied: "I was framed."

On the counts of human trafficking he said she told police: "The girls like to come over here to earn some money."

No details were given during the short appearance at Belfast Magistrates Court, but it is thought the charges relate to a police operation against human trafficking where three women were rescued from a house in the city.

She was remanded in custody to appear in court again via videolink on Friday.

Meanwhile, a 37-year-old man arrested on Friday as part of the same police operation is to appear in court later this month, charged with living off immoral earnings and people trafficking within the UK.

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Großbritannien
In Großbritannien sind die Gesetze regional verschieden. Die Regierung von
England und Wales erwägen eine Null Toleranz Politik gegenüber Prostitution,
gleichzeitig wird darüber diskutiert ein Modell einzuführen, nachdem eine Wohnung
nicht als Bordell definiert wird, solange nur zwei Frauen in dieser Wohnung
gemeinsam arbeiten.
In Schottland wird eine Gesetzesinitiative diskutiert, die sowohl eine Kriminalisierung
von SexarbeiterInnen als auch von Freiern vorsieht.
(Veronica Munk, 37. Fachtagung Prostitution am 30.9.2006 in Erkenschwiek)
Das heißt: in der gegenwärtigen Rechtsprechung Großbritanniens ist Prostitution
nicht illegal, aber sie wird als „antisoziales Verhalten“ und öffentliches Ärgernis
angesehen. Sexarbeit ist nur unter Einhaltung eng gefasster Regeln zulässig: Die
Prostituierte muss selbstständig in ihrer eigenen Wohnung arbeiten und darf die
öffentliche Ordnung nicht stören. Die rechtliche Position der Prostituierten ist nicht
geklärt: Der Verkauf von Sex ist keine Straftat, jedoch viele der damit verbunden
Aktivitäten sind verboten und werden entsprechend zivilrechtlich geahndet. Ein
Bordell zu führen, ist dagegen ein Straftatbestand. Jemanden zur Prostitution
anzuwerben, ist ebenso strafbar wie auch die Werbung für sexuelle Dienstleistungen.
„Viele Arbeitsbereiche innerhalb der britischen Sexindustrie sind legal. Darunter
fallen zum Beispiel Aktivitäten wie Telefonsex, Striptease und Table-dancing. Aber
selbst in diesen Bereichen kommen die Sexarbeiterinnen nicht in den vollen Genuss
der Arbeitsrechte...Obwohl Prostitution selbst in Großbritannien nicht illegal ist, wird
ihre Ausübung kriminalisiert, denn viele Aktivitäten im Umfeld der Prostitution sind
ungesetzlich...Eigentlich ist das britische Gesetz über Sexarbeit nichts als ein
Puzzlespiel von Elementen der Rechtssprechung: widersprüchlich, doppeldeutig und
undurchführbar.“ ( Ana Lopes 2006, S. 111)
In Irland ist jegliche Art von Prostitution verboten wie auch Zuhälterei und das
Betreiben von Bordellbetrieben. Sex gegen Entgelt stellt für Freier wie für
Sexarbeiterinnen eine Straftat dar, jedoch gehen die Behörden nicht gegen
Prostitution vor, die in der eigenen Wohnung durchgeführt wird.
Und in Dublin gibt es eine Untergrundszene, wo die Kontaktanbahnung diskret vor
allem in Pubs stattfindet.
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In Großbritannien existiert eine der wenigen Gewerkschaften für Sexarbeiterinnen,
die auf die Initiative von aktiven Sexarbeiterinnen zurückgeht.
Die International Union of Sex Workers wurde am Internationalen Frauentag 2000 in
London als eine Initiative von Prostituierten und Bündnispartnern gegründet, und im
Jahr 2002 wurde sie anerkanntes Mitglied des TUC (Trade Union Congress).
Gründungsmitglied und Vorsitzende der Gewerkschaft der SexarbeiterInnen Ana
Lopes erklärt worauf es den GründerInnen ankam:
„Wir organisierten uns als Gewerkschaft, weil uns klar war, dass wir ein Kollektiv von
ArbeiterInnen sind. Und ein Kollektiv von ArbeiterInnen ist eine Gewerkschaft.
Von Anfang an waren unsere Forderungen klar: Anerkennung unserer Arbeit als
legitime Tätigkeit und volle Arbeitsrechte für SexarbeiterInnen.
Und wir nannten uns international, weil unsere Industrie globale Dimensionen
angenommen hat und es scheint Sinn zu machen, sich dann auch auf internationaler
Ebene zu organisieren.“ ( vgl. ver.di Die Besonderen, 1/2006, S. 4)
Die SexarbeiterInnen sind ihrem Anliegen schon ein ganzes Stück näher gekommen.
Im Oktober 2005 verabschiedeten sie in Brüssel im Europaparlament ein Manifest, in
dem sie die Ungleichbehandlungen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen gegen
Prostituierte anprangern und eine Vision entwickeln von einer gerechten
Gesellschaft, in der die Rechte und die Arbeit der SexarbeiterInnen anerkannt
werden.
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( Lopes 2006, ver.di Die Besonderen S. 4)
Quellen: Ana Lopes in International Union Rights Volume 12 Issue 4, London 2005
ETC The World Cup Issue, Schweden 2006-12-05
Ana Lopes in ver.di Die Besondern, Berlin 1/2006
Ana Lopes in Prostitution und Frauenhandel, Hamburg 2006

[Marc of Frankfurt]

Sehr viele Sexarbeiter Politik Informationan auch zur Schweden-Debatte

Offsite: Ignore the Swedes...
Nothing wrong with paid sex between consenting adults

Home Minister Coaker's Swedish Jolly...
A smile on his face after visiting Swedish sex workers

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The Melon Farmers - Ein Projekt wie SEXWORKER.AT

www.melonfarmers.co.uk

The Melon Farmers is an anti-censorship campaigning website

It is not a traditional campaign or political organisation. There are no members, no subscriptions and no constitutions. Just a bunch of good people who contribute news, information and opinion.

The objectives and aims of the Melon Farmers are simply an aggregation of the many that contribute. Somehow news, information and opinion can make for a very effective campaign.





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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Bedford, UK: Brothel busted in Wellington Street


Woman arrested in police operation
One woman was arrested in a raid on a brothel in Wellington Street, Luton, on Thursday night.

Police officers took the woman to Luton Police Station on suspicion of managing a brothel.

She was given a formal caution and later released without charge.

The raid, which was filmed by a television crew and could be included in a Channel Four documentary, was part of an ongoing national operation called Pentameter Two.

It was a multi-agency initiative with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the UK Immigration Service.

The raid was an intelligence led operation, which aims to help stop the trafficking of people for the purposes of the sex trade.

Det Sgt Paul Cook, of Luton Police Station, said: "Victims of human trafficking, some of which are children, are victims of coercion, exploitation, deception, kidnap, false imprisonment and often rape. Trafficking is an horrendous crime and Bedfordshire Police will assist wherever possible to bring those people who carry out this crime to justice."

If you have any information relating to the trafficking of people in the area call Beds Police, in confidence, on 01234 841212, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

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Brothel Boss Held Sex Slaves Prisoner

Jan 27 2008

Girls Held Prisoner By Madam

A BROTHEL boss escaped a jail sentence despite pleading guilty to keeping sex slaves.

Illegal immigrant Li Zhang, 47, admitted managing a brothel in Falkirk raided by police.

We revealed last month that another Chinese woman was being held as a slave in the flat.

Zhang pleaded guilty to a charge of running a brothel minutes before her trial was due to start at Falkirk Sheriff Court court last week.

Jim Cassels, defending, said: "She says she was brought to Britain five months ago and brought to Falkirk from London. It seems she was being controlled by others."

Admonishing Zhang, Sheriff William Gilchrist said: "I am satisfied that you are as much a victim as anyone in this case. You are clearly being used appallingly. You have spent six weeks on remand which is equivalent to three months in prison.

"Your status as an illegal immigrant is up to the immigration services."

Our story told how a 39-year-old woman - who could hardly speak any English and was banned from leaving the small flat - fled to London after the police raid.

The swoop was part of the UK-wide Operation Pentameter 2 - a crackdown on the growing problem of international sex trafficking.

More than 4000 women each year are thought to be brought to Scotland against their will by people traffickers.

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Kilkenny, Ireland: Lap dancing and a link to prostitution to be examined


Saturday, January 26, 2008

The link between lap dancing clubs and prostitution is to be examined at a major conference in Kilkenny today.

The event is being held just a day after the opening of the city's first lap dancing club amid major controversy from locals.

The open forum has been organised by the Labour Party and is being hosted by the Mayor of Kilkenny.

Geraldine Rowley from Ruhama, a support group for women involved in prostitution will be speaking at the event.

She has said there is also a strong link between human trafficking and the sex industry and that people purchasing sexual services must remember this.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/break ... 374403.ece

[Marc of Frankfurt]

Zwei Bordell-Urteile:



1.) Freispruch für Betreiberin von 4 Bordellen - Niemand wurde geschädigt befand der Richter

Brothel manager escapes jail term


A woman who ran four brothels has escaped a jail term after a judge ruled that "no-one was harmed".

Diane Jones, 45, was given a suspended sentence after admitting running three Cardiff vice dens and one in Swindon.

But Judge John Curran told Cardiff Crown Court: "The real evil being looked at here is where prostitutes are coerced, threatened or trafficked.

"That is not a feature in this unusual case. No one has suffered any physical or psychological damage," he said.

Jones, from Llangain in Carmarthenshire, who also admitted concealing criminal property, was handed a 12 -month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

The brothel manager was arrested following an investigation focusing on young women from eastern Europe being forced into the sex trade in Britain.

• Some members of the police force were aware of what Diana Jones was doing
  Judge John Curran

But sentencing Jones, Judge Curran told the court that this was not a feature in this case, and that police were well aware of what went on in her massage parlours.

"Police officers regularly visited these establishments to check whether under-age girls were employed or if there was any drug use," the judge said.

"And on occasion, people working at these establishments were a source of intelligence [Spitzel im Gewerbe]. Some members of the police force were aware of what Diana Jones was doing."

Despite escaping a jail term, Jones will still face a proceeds of crime hearing in the spring, when she may be forced to hand over profits from the brothels.

• Diane Jones's brothels
  The Ambassador Health Suite in Cardiff
  Twice as Nice in Cardiff
  Heaven which was also known as The Health Studio and Bay Fitness Centre in Cardiff
  St Tropez in Swindon

Four other women - described in court as her "subordinates" were also sentenced.

Alison Sutherland, 48, of Caerau, Maesteg; Allison Blight, 39, of Sarn, Bridgend; and Laura Lloyd, 27, of Pontyclun, Pontypridd, all admitted assisting in managing a brothel. They were given four month prison sentences, suspended for two years.

Anne Phillips, 62, of Sarn, Bridgend, admitted possessing criminal property and was also given a four month suspended sentence.

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2.) Bordellbetreiber zu Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt - Dieser Richter bewertete Prostitution dem kulturellen Stigma gehorchend als generell ausbeuterisch.


Jailed for running brothel

By Court Reporter

A BROTHEL owner whose business was not "everyone's idea of a career" has been jailed for eight months.

Paul Chapman, aged 43, was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court today (Jan 30) after admitting running a brothel at the Carlton Spa, Orpington.

The brothel was investigated by Bromley Council after officers were contacted by concerned residents.

A bogus customer visited the establishment in Carlton Parade and was offered sexual services for up to £140 an hour.

Croydon Crown Court heard how the same 'client' returned on June 22, six months after the first visit, and sex was again for sale.

Police raided the brothel soon afterwards and found some of the people working there were illegal immigrants.

One of the women had a price list in her pocket detailing the various services available.

Officers were still at the shop when Chapman arrived. He said the place was not registered in his name.

The court heard when Chapman, of Ratray Court, Hither Green, was interviewed after being arrested he said the women were self-employed and he had no idea the premises were being used as a brothel.

He said he had sacked one person after discovering she had been selling sex.

John Blandford, mitigating, said there was no evidence staff were being exploited.

Mr Blandford said: "They were free to leave. No-one was imprisoned there.

"They turned up for work, did their shift and went home again. It might not be everyone's idea of a career. No-one was forced into it."

Chapman pleaded guilty to managing, keeping, or acting in management of a brothel for the purposes of prostitution.

Sentencing Chapman, Judge Simon Pratt told him: "Prostitution abuses and degrades vulnerable women.

"Either because of poverty or drug addiction, they are dragged into it, and people like you are there to profit from it."

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[Marc of Frankfurt]

Unsichtbares Bordell medienwirksam ausgehoben.

Bürgerwehr gegen sogenannten Menschenhandel ermittelt für die Polizei.

The Guadian: Quiet streets which host a sordid trade


By Kerry McQueeney


A row of small - and seemingly respectable - terraced houses opposite a school in East Croydon [12 km südlich von London] gives no obvious clue to what is going on behind closed doors.

The only thing which marks out one of the houses from the others is a tiny camera positioned outside its front door.

This particular establishment is one which has been monitored for some time by Croydon Community Against Trafficking (CCAT), which believes it is a brothel using trafficked women. The camera, it claims, is there for self-preservation.

"I wonder if the neighbours know what they are living next door to," a member of CCAT who did not want to be identified said. "These places are operating all over the borough - in some places you wouldn't even suspect."

According to CCAT, sex is being sold metres away from where schoolchildren are at play and also close to gyms, public transport - and even near the borough's law enforcers.

Just last week, the Croydon Guardian revealed how officers had raided a brothel 500m from Croydon police station, acting on information gathered by CCAT.
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A woman who was thought to have been trafficked from Estonia has since been taken home.

She was too scared to become an official police witness and trafficking charges could not be brought against the proprietor.

CCAT - a voluntary organisation made up of residents, businesses and other concerned individuals - was set up after it was revealed Croydon has one of the largest sex industries in the country.

The borough was also identified as one of the towns where trafficked women were being sent in significant numbers, according to a report published by the London-based Poppy Project.

Since the publication of the report, CCAT has been monitoring the borough's 100 or so brothels.

Male members from the group regularly ring round escort agencies and massage parlours to determine what kind of "services" they offer.

The evidence is then passed on to police.

CCAT's research is being taken so seriously police have used it to raid more than 20 brothels in two years.

"Most of the places we call seem to have access to a range of girls of all different kinds of nationalities," a CCAT spokesman said.

"The main clues is the range of girls, the cost of the specialist services they offer and the fact they offer sex without condoms.

"Brothels will often say they have a nice Japanese girl' or an Italian woman. These are almost certainly women from poorer countries in that region, such as Burma or Armenia.

"When you think of it logically, why would a woman from a prosperous country like Japan or Italy come to work here in a brothel, offering sex at rock-bottom prices?

• “Trafficking is a form of modern slavery. We would like to see the law changed so that anyone caught having sex with a trafficked woman is charged with rape. After all, if she’s being forced into prostitution she’s not giving her consent, is she?”
  CCAT member

"You have to ask how a woman from a poor country could afford to come here. It's very likely she's been trafficked."

Another CCAT member revealed how anonymity was vital in their line of work.

"It can be a bit nerve-racking," another male member of CCAT said. "You're potentially dealing with some very nasty people.

"We keep our identity hidden to protect ourselves from retaliation and to allow us to carry out our research without arousing suspicion.

"Ironically, being a bit nervous actually works in your favour. I guess a lot of guys who genuinely use brothels must behave like that."

The Croydon Guardian was taken to about 10 establishments all over the borough - stretching from the north to the leafy south - during one morning last week.

Many of the brothel's receptionists used code words to explain what kind of extras their girls offered.

However, we were surprised to hear one business offering sex in plain terms.

While sitting outside an unassuming terraced house close to West Croydon station, a CCAT representative called the massage parlour's phone number and put them on speakerphone.

An Oriental woman - clearly not yet au fait with the code - reeled off a list of girls, their nationalities and the type of sex on offer, some of which cost as little as £50.

She then gave out the address and offered directions to make the punter's visit as easy as possible.

Securing trafficking charges is a difficult task for police. Even if they successfully raid a brothel they need proof of trafficking, which is not easy if women are too scared to give evidence against their captors.

However, the Met Police are continuing to tackle the issue through their specialist trafficking and sexual exploitation unit Operation Pentameter.

A CCAT spokesman added: "It's a hard battle and not one that's going to be solved easily. We just need the community to be aware of what's going on.

"National statistics show that 80 per cent of brothels in the UK use trafficked women. If you apply that to Croydon, a significant number of brothels here are highly likely to be doing the same.

"Trafficking is a form of modern slavery. We would like to see the law changed so that anyone caught having sex with a trafficked woman is charged with rape. After all, if she's being forced into prostitution she's not giving her consent, is she?"

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