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[QUOTE=FreeDude;1610832]Just look up the official international definition that 160 countries have agreed on. I'm sure no one will actually take it to these extremes, but anyone arranging transport for a girl in this business and getting better because of it (the gum): a trafficker. [/QUOTE]I can't get to your conclusion from the paragraphs you posted.
HB.
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Free Dude. Thank you for the excellent definitions of trafficking. I only wish politicians and law enforcement would stick to these definitions. If someone does a job because of poverty I don't think that makes them vulnerable within the terms of the definitions so like HB I don't get to the conclusion that it's trafficking to do a job because of poverty. Outside of the issue of trafficking you are correct in that this job is like any other. People do it for money and there are occupational (mainly health) hazards.
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This is what I found on GERMAN law. As we are in the German section of the board this is what is valid for me (sorry, but it is in German):
[URL]http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwangsprostitution[/URL]#Menschenhandel. 2 C_. C2. A7. C2. A0180 b_StGB.
[QUOTE]Definition
Als Menschenhandel bzw. Schwerer Menschenhandel (in über 99 % der bekannten Fälle handelt es sich faktisch um Frauenhandel) wird im Kontext des deutschen Strafrechts die sexuelle Ausbeutung einer Person unter 21 Jahren, einer Person durch Zwangsprostitution oder die sexuelle Ausbeutung (inkl. Anfertigung pornographischen Materials oder pornographischer Darbietungen) einer Person, die durch den Aufenthalt in einem für sie fremden Land hilflos ist, genannt.
Die Bundesregierung hat einen Gesetzentwurf in Arbeit, demzufolge Freier von Zwangsprostituierten mit Freiheitsentzug von bis zu zehn Jahren bestraft werden können.
International geschütztes Rechtsgut
In Erweiterung des allgemeinen Gültigkeitsbereiches des deutschen Strafgesetzbuches (StGB) werden gem. § 6 Nr. 4 StGB Menschenhandel und schwerer Menschenhandel auch dann verfolgt, wenn die Taten im Ausland begangen wurden.
(Dieser Bereich muss überarbeitet werden, da sich 2005 die Gesetzeslage geändert hat. Die neuen Regelungen zum Menschenhandel sind jetzt in §§ 232 ff StGB zu finden.)
Menschenhandel, § 180b StGB
Zwangslage, § 180b Abs. 1 Satz 1 StGB
Menschenhandel nach § 180b StGB liegt dann vor, wenn jemand zu seiner persönlichen Bereicherung auf eine Person in einer Zwangslage (z. B. Geldnot) dahingehend einwirkt, dass diese Person der Prostitution zum Vorteil des Schädigers nachgeht.
Der Täter wird in diesen Fällen mit Geldstrafe oder Freiheitsstrafe bis zu fünf Jahren bestraft.
Hilflosigkeit, § 180b Abs. 1 Satz 2 StGB
Ebenfalls als Menschenhandel nach § 180b StGB wird bestraft, wenn der Täter wissentlich zu seinem Vermögensvorteil auf eine Person, welche durch den Aufenthalt in einem fremden Land hilflos ist, einwirkt, sexuelle Handlungen an oder vor dritten Personen vorzunehmen oder von oder vor Dritten an sich vornehmen zu lassen. Dieser Paragraph umfasst nicht die Prostitution im klassischen Sinne (siehe unten), sondern beispielsweise die Darbietung oder Erstellung pornographischen Materials unter Ausnutzung des Opfers zum Vermögensvorteil des Täters.
Der Täter wird in diesen Fällen mit Geldstrafe oder Freiheitsstrafe bis zu fünf Jahren bestraft.
Prostitution einer hilflosen Person, § 180b Absatz 2 Nr. 1 StGB
Schärfer bestraft (Freiheitsstrafe von sechs Monaten bis zehn Jahren) wird, wer die mit dem Aufenthalt in einem fremden Land verbundene Hilflosigkeit einer Person ausnutzt, um diese zur Prostitution zu überreden (§ 180b). Ein eigener Vermögensvorteil ist nicht Tatbestandsmerkmal.
Prostitution von Jugendlichen, § 180b Abs. 2 Nr. 2, Absatz 3 StGB (Gültig bis 11. Februar 2005)
Ebenfalls mit Freiheitsstrafe von sechs Monaten bis zehn Jahren wird bestraft, wer eine Person unter 21 Jahren zur Prostitution überredet. Der Versuch ist gemäß Absatz 3 strafbar. Ein eigener Vermögensvorteil ist hier nicht Tatbestandsmerkmal.
Dieser Paragraph ist aufgehoben. Die Aufhebung des § 180b StGB erfolgte durch das 37. Strafrechtsänderungsgesetz vom 11. Februar 2005.
§ 180 Förderung sexueller Handlungen Minderjähriger
(1) Wer sexuellen Handlungen einer Person unter sechzehn Jahren an oder vor einem Dritten oder sexuellen Handlungen eines Dritten an einer Person unter sechzehn Jahren
1. durch seine Vermittlung oder
2. durch Gewähren oder Verschaffen von Gelegenheit
Vorschub leistet, wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu drei Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft. Satz 1 Nr. 2 ist nicht anzuwenden, wenn der zur Sorge für die Person Berechtigte handelt; dies gilt nicht, wenn der Sorgeberechtigte durch das Vorschubleisten seine Erziehungspflicht gröblich verletzt.
(2) Wer eine Person unter achtzehn Jahren bestimmt, sexuelle Handlungen gegen Entgelt an oder vor einem Dritten vorzunehmen oder von einem Dritten an sich vornehmen zu lassen, oder wer solchen Handlungen durch seine Vermittlung Vorschub leistet, wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu fünf Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft.
(3) Wer eine Person unter achtzehn Jahren, die ihm zur Erziehung, zur Ausbildung oder zur Betreuung in der Lebensführung anvertraut oder im Rahmen eines Dienst- oder Arbeitsverhältnisses untergeordnet ist, unter Missbrauch einer mit dem Erziehungs-, Ausbildungs-, Betreuungs-, Dienst- oder Arbeitsverhältnis verbundenen Abhängigkeit bestimmt, sexuelle Handlungen an oder vor einem Dritten vorzunehmen oder von einem Dritten an sich vornehmen zu lassen, wird mit Freiheitsstrafe bis zu fünf Jahren oder mit Geldstrafe bestraft.
(4) In den Fällen der Absätze 2 und 3 ist der Versuch strafbar.[/QUOTE]Also from Wikipedia ([URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Germany[/URL]#Legal_situation):
[QUOTE]Pimping, (Zuhälterei = exploiting and/or controlling a sex worker) admitting prostitutes under the age of eighteen to a brothel, and influencing persons under the age of twenty-one to take up or continue work in prostitution, are illegal. It is also illegal to contract sex services from any person younger than 18. (Before 2008 this age limit was 16.) This law also applies to Germans traveling abroad, to combat child prostitution occurring in the context of sex tourism.[/QUOTE]So taking a girl from club to club or from her home to a club and even taking money for gas from her is not illegal as far as I read the text. If you try to persuade a non-working girl under 21 that a job as a hooker would be great for her. That is illegal.
HB.
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I used the official UN definition that 160 countries (including Germany) subscribe too. I'm afraid my German isn't good enough to grasp the detail that is clearly needed to understand these definitions.
If you look at the English definition (notice the many times they use "or"): "transporting or harbouring a person, that is in a vulnarable postition, for the purpose of exploitation" is traficking. This last word is only defined to include sexual exploitation, but not when your are deemed to exploit someone. Notice how "forced" is omitted when they discuss "sexual exploitation" compared to other forms of exploitation and how subsection be denotes how consent of the "victim" is irrelevant.
In other words if you receive payment from a girl for transporting her, and she can be described as being in a vulnarable position (ie poor) and working in the sex industry. The only debate in court would be whether the payment falls under the undefined term "exploitation". And honestly, if you are really meta about it, you can say anyone who has a business exploits the lack of skill that some people have (say a plumber).
Luckily most districts of attorney have better things to do than to go after cabdrivers, but this is the definition that also leads to the skewed numbers that are reported everywhere. If they would just stick to "force" being necessary for it being called trafficking (like in any other industry), things would be far more workable.
P.S. I know girls that would officially be called trafficked, and every time I see them they show me pictures of how the build of they're house is progressing and their latest car that the boyfriend drives in (pick up, drop off). Kids are planned for next year. These are of course just examples, but the way the authorities look at it: trafficking, and that makes the whole debate useless.
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[QUOTE=FreeDude;1611317]I used the official UN definition that 160 countries (including Germany) subscribe too. I'm afraid my German isn't good enough to grasp the detail that is clearly needed to understand these definitions.
If you look at the English definition (notice the many times they use "or"): "transporting or harbouring a person, that is in a vulnarable postition, for the purpose of exploitation" is trafficking. This last word is only defined to include sexual exploitation, but not when your are deemed to exploit someone. Notice how "forced" is omitted when they discuss "sexual exploitation" compared to other forms of exploitation and how subsection be denotes how consent of the "victim" is irrelevant.
[/QUOTE]I don't know why you seem to be hung up on this UN definition of trafficking from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for Southeast Asia and Pacific. Just because an office of the UN happens to adopt a particular definition under which to conduct its studies doesn't mean that this definition has any force of law in the UN member nations.
I also don't know where you are getting this 160 countries agreed-on-definition business from. If you are referring to the membership of the UN, it's now at 193 countries. And just because a UN office adopts a certain definition, that doesn't mean that all 193 UN member countries have adopted this definition in their local law. I don't see any indication that this definition forms part of a 160 country treaty. Certainly I'm no expert on the UN, but it's certainly not clear to me why this definition should be relevant to prosecutions in Germany under national or local German law. Maybe I am missing some details that you could fill in?
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Well for one thing: it's the only legally binding international instrument. But whatever, here's a link to a wiki site of all things: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking[/URL].
For all intense and purposes THE relevant definition worldwide. If you think it 's irrelevant, go ahead. I'm not going to spend much more time "discussing" this.
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[QUOTE=JimmyBoy99;1610928]If that is the case, then wouldn't all the taxi drivers who drive the girls to the clubs be subject to prosecution for trafficking? The authorities could put a big dent in the business just by going after the taxi drivers.[/QUOTE]It is about religion, not about logic. Religious conservative leaders don't like fucking.
Plus there is something not right about the girls to start with.
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[QUOTE=FreeDude;1611317]I used the official UN definition that 160 countries (including Germany) subscribe too. I'm afraid my German isn't good enough to grasp the detail that is clearly needed to understand these definitions.
If you look at the English definition (notice the many times they use "or"): "transporting or harbouring a person, that is in a vulnarable postition, for the purpose of exploitation" is traficking. This last word is only defined to include sexual exploitation, but not when your are deemed to exploit someone. Notice how "forced" is omitted when they discuss "sexual exploitation" compared to other forms of exploitation and how subsection be denotes how consent of the "victim" is irrelevant.
In other words if you receive payment from a girl for transporting her, and she can be described as being in a vulnarable position (ie poor) and working in the sex industry. The only debate in court would be whether the payment falls under the undefined term "exploitation". And honestly, if you are really meta about it, you can say anyone who has a business exploits the lack of skill that some people have (say a plumber).
Luckily most districts of attorney have better things to do than to go after cabdrivers, but this is the definition that also leads to the skewed numbers that are reported everywhere. If they would just stick to "force" being necessary for it being called trafficking (like in any other industry), things would be far more workable.
P.S. I know girls that would officially be called trafficked, and every time I see them they show me pictures of how the build of they're house is progressing and their latest car that the boyfriend drives in (pick up, drop off). Kids are planned for next year. These are of course just examples, but the way the authorities look at it: trafficking, and that makes the whole debate useless.[/QUOTE]Europeans sooooo full of shit. As if the German politicians don't go to FKK.
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[QUOTE=MrManGuy;1611389]Europeans sooooo full of shit. As if the German politicians don't go to FKK.[/QUOTE]I don't agree with FD. The sentence ends with "for the purpose of exploitation". Which is not my purpose when driving her and maybe (maybe) getting some compensation.
HB.
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[QUOTE=FreeDude;1611373]Well for one thing: it's the only legally binding international instrument. But whatever, here's a link to a wiki site of all things: [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking[/URL].
For all intense and purposes THE relevant definition worldwide. If you think it 's irrelevant, go ahead. I'm not going to spend much more time "discussing" this.[/QUOTE]Thank you for filling in the gaps. It looks like this definition is part of a UN Protocol (treaty) that has been in fact been ratified by 161 countries as you pointed out. It also looks like this UN Protocol obligates each ratifying party to implement national legislation in support of enforcing this protocol on a local level.
Still, a prosecutor in German will not look to this UN protocol when prosecuting an individual in Germany. They will look to the specific words of the national implementing legislation which will likely differ in many respects to the wording of this UN protocol. Indeed, looking to the law that HB posted, the contours and requirements of that law do in fact differ in quite substantial ways from this UN protocol. In any case, it doesn't make sense to look at the definition of [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord908][CodeWord908][/url] in the UN protocol for determining what someone may be prosecuted in Germany for. Instead, you have to look at the actual German law. Unless you manage to show that the two texts are identical. So far, I am not convinced of that.
But I'm glad you followed up with these additional links. Very informative. Thank you for sharing your research with all of us.
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This link appears to recite the national German legislation in English regarding [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord908][CodeWord908][/url]:
[URL]http://www.protectionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/GERMANY.pdf[/URL]
Also shows up here if you scroll down to Section 232 and following sections: [URL]http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html[/URL].
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[QUOTE=HessenBub;1609749]To say that trafficking is a feminist hoax and conspiracy is false and a punch in the face for trafficked girls in Germany. How do you define trafficking? Is a girl trafficked who is threatened by a guy to do her or her family harm if she doesn't bring him a certain amount of money per week? Even if he doesn't physically hit or abuse her? I've seen enough of that in Germany.
http://www.bka.de/nn_194550/EN/SubjectsAZ/TraffickingInHumanBeings/traffickingInHumanBeings__node.html?__nnn=true
The age of consent in Germany may be 14, but you have to be 18 if you want to work as a prostitute. For girls under 21 criteria for trafficking are stricter than for girls over 21. You should stay with the facts and not post some obscure links and data not relevant for the discussion (age if consent of 14).
HB.[/QUOTE]Thank you for posting this link HB. I finally found the time to read this report in its entirety.
It makes for a very interesting read. It includes lots of statistics regarding nationalities of the perpetrators, nationalities of the victims, percent of cases where violence, threats of violence, or deceit was used to induce the victims into prostitution. And surely, these statistics far under-report the actual statistics, because of course, many of these crimes are never reported.
I admit that I haven't spent as much time with working girls as many of senior members who actually live in Germany. But I have been fortunate enough to spend a lot of time with some of the girls outside the clubs, including some girls who had quit the business. Most of the girls I know seem to be their own agents. But, I do know some girls who were brought to Germany on false pretenses and who were induced into prostitution under threats of violence to them and to their families. It does happen. And certainly the younger girls are more susceptible to these inducements. These girls don't really have a good reason to lie to me because they are no longer working in the business and I am not paying them when I visit them.
Even the girls I know without "managers" who no longer work in the business are always telling me plenty of stories about other girls we knew before and how prevalent pimps are in this business. So, while I'm sure I'll never know the actual percentage of girls with "managers," I am convinced by my interactions with the girls that it would be folly to suggest that the percentage of girls without "managers" is an insignificant fraction.
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Oh no I better not purchase anything in Europe be. See some part of it might have been handled by a broke ass Eastern European who's country is inexplicably part of the EU.
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About the German society
I am not trying to create a controversy or offend German people here.
I am asking this question sincerely.
Do some kind of anti-Chinese thoughts prevail in the German society right now?
I heard that some people in Western Europe don't like China and even hold a hostile attitude toward it.
I don't know why.
I guess it has something to do with China's economy policy, which makes Western European labors feel threatened?
Or maybe it has something to do with the Chinese immigrants in Western Europe?
I am not sure. I don't live in Germany or Western Europe.
So, I hope someone can tell me the truth and real situation in German society right now.
I remembered that when the USA Decided to launch wars in the Middle East, some kind of anti-American / anti-USA Thoughts started to prevail over Western Europe.
Even the mainstream media helped the anti-USA Thoughts prevail.
So, if some anti-Chinese thoughts starts to prevail over Western Europe, it's going to be as horrible and unimaginable.
I am not a Chinese, but I am always mistaken as one, when I am in Western Europe.
Strangely, people in Western Europe can accept the idea that a person of African descent or Southern Asian decent may be an European or an American (if he was born and grew up in Europe or America), but when they see a person of East Asian descent, they automatically assume he is a Chinese from China.
I also want to know why this is happening.
Thanks
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It could be a misunderstanding. Did they call you names? Hostile to me would be like "Go back to f* China!
Some people are ignorant and have zero social skills. They can't read signals and body language. They laugh at their own jokes, not realizing others are not laughing with them. They may not realize that pulling their eyes back, making mock martial arts and Chinese sounds was offensive to you.
Secondly, it doesn't sound like you speak German. Many people live in Germany and speak German, but they could be from other parts of Europe. Third, mocking languages is common. Most Europeans make mock German sounds. They are not necessarily hostile towards Germans. They just think German is an ugly language: [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3hLLwOhs6c[/URL].
Not saying there aren't German racists out there. But generally they are not overt. They are polite and probably would say it when you are not around. I believe Germans probably some guilt around the Holocaust. So any Germans who are racist or anti-semitic will be ostracized if they outwardly express their feelings.
Lastly, as others have pointed out. In other parts of the world like Japan, foreigners aren't allowed into certain sex establishments. In Germany, there isn't really such a thing. Except maybe the Anti-Turkish, anti-dark skin policy in NRW.
[QUOTE=SoloTraveler;1614726]I am not trying to create a controversy or offend German people here.
I am asking this question sincerely.
Do some kind of anti-Chinese thoughts prevail in the German society right now?
I heard that some people in Western Europe don't like China and even hold a hostile attitude toward it.
I don't know why.
I guess it has something to do with China's economy policy, which makes Western European labors feel threatened?
Or maybe it has something to do with the Chinese immigrants in Western Europe?
I am not sure. I don't live in Germany or Western Europe.
So, I hope someone can tell me the truth and real situation in German society right now.
I remembered that when the USA Decided to launch wars in the Middle East, some kind of anti-American / anti-USA Thoughts started to prevail over Western Europe.
Even the mainstream media helped the anti-USA Thoughts prevail.
So, if some anti-Chinese thoughts starts to prevail over Western Europe, it's going to be as horrible and unimaginable.
I am not a Chinese, but I am always mistaken as one, when I am in Western Europe.
Strangely, people in Western Europe can accept the idea that a person of African descent or Southern Asian decent may be an European or an American (if he was born and grew up in Europe or America), but when they see a person of East Asian descent, they automatically assume he is a Chinese from China.
I also want to know why this is happening.
Thanks[/QUOTE]