Published on Monday, 04 March After 4 years of legal proceedings, the owner of Paradise, a German brothel chain, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for complicity in human trafficking, forced prostitution, and fraud.
All profits gained from these crimes, amounting to 1. Will their arrests, which were announced on the 28th of February, finally incite Germany to challenge their current regulatory approach towards prostitution? With this fee, they are able to consume food, beverages, sex at their will… Paradise for men, hell for women Between 60 and 90 young prostituted women, mostly of Eastern European origins, are placed at the disposition of the sex buyers.
In these temples of commercialization of the human body, these women are treated as objects. They walk around the facilities nearly nude amongst men dressed in bathrobes. To settle their debt to the property owner, prostituted people must have relations with at least 4 sex buyers throughout the day. They were mostly involved in the recruitment of victims. Those who wished to leave the establishment were subjected to threats and violence, and some had the names of their procurers tattooed on their bodies.
Rudloff told judges that he was aware of this violence, and chose to turn the other way. A historic decision The February 27th judgment is a historical landmark. The decision marks the downfall of a myth that once seemed untouchable: that of a possible entrepreneurial model, one which is economically successful, yet places the value of economic gain over the dignity of women.
The country is still far from abolishing the law, however a fundamental step has just been taken.
