German sex tourists buying Czech children

[Jay GW]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3221905.stm

UN damns Czech-German child sex

Child "bazaars" exist along Czech-German border, report says The United Nations organisation for children, Unicef, has produced a damning report on child prostitution on the German-Czech border.

Unicef calls the region a haven for paedophilia, saying that some children were being sold into sex slavery by their own families.

Tens of thousands of Germans cross the border to abuse the children, officials say.

Children as young as eight have been seen negotiating over sex practices and prices - and some are paid only in sweets, according to the report's author.

The head of Unicef in Germany, Reinhard Schlagintweit, said the German and Czech governments had failed to combat child exploitation and had turned a blind eye to the problem.

A German police psychologist described the border as the biggest brothel in Europe.

"The Czech Republic is becoming a discount market for sex with children," said Adolf Gallwitz, saying paedophilia in the area was "increasing at an incredible rate".

It is shocking that children right in our backyard are being mistreated unscrupulously -

Christina Rau
Unicef patron, wife of German president

The report said children were brought to the area from across the Czech Republic and other central and eastern European countries.

The abusers are mostly German sex tourists and paedophiles, who pay for access to the children.

"It is shocking that children right in our backyard are being mistreated unscrupulously," said Unicef patron Christina Rau, wife of German President Johannes Rau.

"We must do everything to help the victims and protect other children from these crimes."

About 100,000 German sex tourists travel to the Czech Republic, Mr Gallwitz estimated - half of them paedophiles.

The author of the report, Cathrin Schauer from regional aid project Karo, said bus stops, petrol stations and rest areas near the border had been converted into "bazaars" where child prostitutes were bought and sold.

Some children are sold by their impoverished families
"In some districts, they wait in cars or apartment windows. Women with small children in their arms look out for sex tourists and hand the children over into cars," the study said.

The victims were often driven to prostitution by desperate poverty, Ms Schauer said. Those receiving cash were paid between five and 25 euros by each customer.

Some suffered violence at the hands of their abusers.

Austrians and Italians had been seen taking part in the abuse, although most were from the nearby German states of Bavaria and Saxony.

The report was co-produced with child campaign group Ecpat, which works to eliminate child prostitution.

[Kareem]

Sounds like somthin out of africa right???

[LittleMissGM]

That seems to be popular in South America as well.

[mike75]

sounds like a haven for Politicalforums.com

[Kyle Gridley]

Originally posted by Kareem
Sounds like somthin out of africa right???

Would you like some stories of the same things, and far worse things, going on in Africa? They've been posted here before and the Africans never fail to give us more new material to work with.

But of course posting those stories would be "racist"

[Cd.]

I heard of similar things going on in Russia. The russian sex trade is very hot. Also law enforcement is corrupt and practically non existant.

[ColWTH]

There is nothing more disgusting than child sexual abuse.

[Erhnam]

I wonder how they get the numbers:
"100, 000 sex tourists" and "half of them are paedophiles"?

Sounds heavy on the rhetoric, not on fact.

[Janus]

Originally posted by Erhnam
I wonder how they get the numbers:
"100, 000 sex tourists" and "half of them are paedophiles"?

Sounds heavy on the rhetoric, not on fact.

Maybe they have questionaires.

[Erhnam]

Geez. Why isn't the FBI handing out those out in search of terrorists?

[Jay GW]

Are you in Czechoslovakia:

a. On business
b. On vacation
c. I like them YOUNG....oh, what was the question....

[JAT]

This story does not have an author attributed to it, but I think many of us can guess what sort of person composed this blatently obvious anti-German hit piece.

Outrageous, it'z.

[Cd.]

Originally posted by Jay GW
Are you in Czechoslovakia:

a. On business
b. On vacation
c. I like them YOUNG....oh, what was the question....

Oddly enough, Sex Tourism is really big in the Czech Republic. Many of the sex workers come not from the nation itself but from the former Soviet Union. Many are lured into the skin trade by promises of good careers as waitresses, Hotel maids, Cooks or even teachers. Once they arrive their passports are taken and they are held as slaves. This whold business is controlled by the Russian Mafia who virtually owns the Czech sex industry. What is worse, the police turn a blind eye, sometimes being on the take. If a woman tries to break free, she risks her own life. Many women have no way out. I saw a program on this called "No Experience Necessary" on world link TV. It was really shocking.

[Jay13]

Originally posted by Jay GW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3221905.stm

UN damns Czech-German child sex

Child "bazaars" exist along Czech-German border, report says The United Nations organisation for children, Unicef, has produced a damning report on child prostitution on the German-Czech border.

Unicef calls the region a haven for paedophilia, saying that some children were being sold into sex slavery by their own families.

Tens of thousands of Germans cross the border to abuse the children, officials say.

Children as young as eight have been seen negotiating over sex practices and prices - and some are paid only in sweets, according to the report's author.

Odd, I live in Germany and have seen no such thing. Also, the Czech people are hard bargainers. I doubt that a child would take only sweets in payment for "sexual favors"

About 100,000 German sex tourists travel to the Czech Republic, Mr Gallwitz estimated - half of them paedophiles.

This makes no sense either. Sex tourists from Germany are more likely to go to Amsterdam or their local "pink house" to scratch their itches since prostitution is legal in Germany.

And Jay GW has a good point. Do they poll the brothels or something?

Some children are sold by their impoverished families
"In some districts, they wait in cars or apartment windows. Women with small children in their arms look out for sex tourists and hand the children over into cars," the study said.

The victims were often driven to prostitution by desperate poverty, Ms Schauer said. Those receiving cash were paid between five and 25 euros by each customer.

Some suffered violence at the hands of their abusers.

This seems unreal is such a fantastic sense. I mean do sex tourists walk around with signs on their necks saying "wanted one 6 year old boy"?

Or do people walk up to strange mothers on the street and offer 10 EUR for an hour with their kid?

Austrians and Italians had been seen taking part in the abuse, although most were from the nearby German states of Bavaria and Saxony.

The report was co-produced with child campaign group Ecpat, which works to eliminate child prostitution.

Hate to break it to ya'll but there isn't that much of a difference if any of people from Bavaria and Austria. In fact the Bavarians take it as an insult if you call them Germans. Germany also has very strick child protection rules regarding prostetution and pornography even more so than the US. They also have a VERY polite society with strick social rules.

Sorry, but it seems like a story that should end in "show your support for our movement against this by sending us money." And I don't honestly think that it exists. If it was as wide spread as the article makes it sound, there would be an uproar from the predominantly Catholic Germany that I know.

[oki]

this allso happens in romania ,I saw something bout that on tv.roma families selling their children for one months paycheck..

but these numbers,10.000's? I find it hard to believe.

[oki]

allthough:"The report was co-produced with child campaign group Ecpat, which works to eliminate child prostitution. "

this org. is quite famous and respectable.jesus unbelieveble..

[Kareem]

Originally posted by Kyle Gridley
But of course posting those stories would be "racist"

No, it would be news..

[Jay GW]

The average person anywhere would put a stop to it if they knew how to. But, if Czechoslovakia is anything, ANYTHING, like Russia, then forget it. There's hardly any law enforcement, look at Belarus, Uzbekistan - wow, models of efficient government

Everything of the former Soviet empire is pretty much in transition right now, and appears to be a big mess.

Why not ask Khodorkovsky his opinion?

[Cd.]

Originally posted by Jay13


Odd, I live in Germany and have seen no such thing. Also, the Czech people are hard bargainers. I doubt that a child would take only sweets in payment for "sexual favors"

I would be willing to bet that the children are not Czech, but only are bought and sold there. Its possible they are Romany (Gypsie) or Russian. Its still pretty evil no matter what nationality the kids are.

[Jay13]

The Romany "sell" their children into marriage at 12 and 13 anyway. They have a different way of looking at things altogether. But the article made it sound as if Czech women were selling their children to random strangers. That is the part that even with everything else is difficult to accept.