Over 811 women from Eastern Europe countries, mainly from Bulgaria, Russia and Lithuania were illegally taken to Germany over the last year
Published:
11 August 2003 y., Monday
Over 811 women from Eastern Europe countries, mainly from Bulgaria, Russia and Lithuania were illegally taken to Germany over the last year, a report of the German federal police says. Most of these women were forced to prostitute.
According to the German police's report the gain of the traffic in prostitutes in Easter Europe totals over USD 9,5 M. However, the police have seized only a fifth of that money.
The report also shows that the number of the women illegally taken to Germany has gone down by 18 percent as compared to 2001.
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