Security Guards Recruit Refugees into Forced Prostitution – Berlin

According to an article in the ZDF magazine Frontal 21, security company employees at refugee facilities in Berlin are recruiting refugees into prostitution. On October 24, 2017, the TV program reported that some of the affected individuals are minors according to statements made by social workers, insiders at the security companies as well as refugees. A security guard responsible for several refugee facilities tells of a veritable network of pimps inside the refugee facilities. Security staff often made the first contact into prostitution and persuaded refugees to exchange sex for money, says the security officer. Sex with male refugees is especially in demand. He told Frontal 21: “From 16 years onwards, the younger, the higher the price.” > Article and film (7 minutes) of FRONTAL (German)

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Several aid organizations have confirmed: Predominantly young men from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq are offering sexual services out of desperation. According to a Focus Online report from April 10, 2017, the number of adolescents under state care that prostitute themselves due to a lack of support services has increased greatly. > Article from Focus Online (German)