massive churches are created. to be drills starts april 12th on d. w. . this is due to be news a lot from berlin acts of bravery amid nian mars deadly crackdown on protests video footage of this extraordinary moment has gone viral the catholic sister says she begged police to shoot her and spare protesters had a march with find out what happened. also coming up china's vaccine diplomacy are

the millions of shots handed out to poor countries just goodwill gifts or part of beijing's drive for global dominance. the end of an era in german football national team cultural people will step down after the european championships a year ahead of schedule what is behind the early exit. and after harry imagines bombshell interview the british monarchy stays silent but the pressure is on buckingham palace to respond. i'm so misconducts good to have you with us the military crackdown on anti coupe protests and me and mark sees no let up and admit the demonstrations springing up across the country a catholic nuns encounter with security forces in myanmar has gone viral in a dramatic scene on monday sister and rose new tong clue. did with riot police to

hold their fire 2 of the officers knelt with her but she said moments later security forces started firing into a crowd of marchers in the city of me 2 men were shot dead during a clash. elsewhere in myanmar activists returned to the streets in yangon demonstrators have set up barricades in the area where witnesses say protesters were trapped by police overnight around 50 people were arrested others have been able to leave thousands of protesters across the country have rallied in recent weeks against military rule and it comes as 5 media outlets have had their licenses revoked by the military for report reporting on the coup. well one of the broadcasters whose license was revoked is democratic voice of burma and their operations director told he's a lot joins us for more good to have you on d w now tell us more about this because we know that there have been attacks on the media since the military took over that there have been internet blackouts as well

and as we mentioned media have had their license revoked so what is that meant for you are you still able to broadcast it all over port. we are steve. over satellite but we got a terrorist. license from the ministry of information and yes that is a pm and military. type and there's no law revoke their lives and now we are not allowed to do any reward in our and the media platform and of course there are from that there were military. they pulled up a lot of our signet on terrorists you have broken says doubt but we managed to report back on satellite and on social media and on about that we already got journalists. you know when your mate and wanted me and just now you know the data to see yet and it's got arrested again most recently yeah journalists being

arrested i mean how safe is it for you and your colleagues to be out on the streets reporting right now no one is safe and the military government especially the state you know the guys up there $4054.00 dead and around one done that. we managed to report about these you know. these these abuses to the international community and you know donations so that so then you know i mean is that i get in media as one of those thailand a media outlet so this is you know on the street we've got at i mean if we wear. bras are we to get at and we will get arrested and then chat and the same day as the nighttime raid in may then no media houses and media buys in and that's where one of my tenants got raided at that time at his house it is troubling but i'm for she is not the 1st time that journalist and the him are have been under this type

of pressure i mean are you hopeful that these current protests the civil disobedience that we're seeing in the in march might lead to more press freedom. i think another military whatever measure they come in you know fast and they do they do it is one vice in our troop which is their army vice you know true and they definitely silent their independent media at the same time they produce and send you know scan through a lie and mis information one side and news and they are all media outlet what i'm worried is probably these that they may go back to greece and citizenship and you know their media blackout like the end or days and the military boots you know where we used to say no news is bad news and so i did this is what the damage moment. already prevented there will be 5 crackdowns on and you ben and me and there will be no no more press freedom. at the same day i mean to say that the i was so restored in the discipline democracy i don't know how are they going to

blend democracy with any vibrant media in this country we'll have to leave it there tony snow a lot from democratic voice of burma thank you for sharing your perspective with us today. thank you let's get a round up of some other world headlines now former catalan president carlos quizzed him on 2 of his colleagues in the e.u. parliament have been stripped of their parliamentary immunity it means they could face extradition over the $27000.00 catalan independence referendum that spain said was illegal madrid says the decision shows that the issue must be resolved within spain and not have the european level. police in mexico city have used tear gas against demonstrators at an international women's day in march the government had put up barricades in front of a national palace to contain the protests several police officers and demonstrators were injured in the clashes. and hong kong has announced plans to overhaul its elections the plan from beijing is to ensure more quote patriots are in charge

additional reforms will target schools in an effort to instill more loyalty to china among younger generations critics say the changes are focused on destroying the pro-democracy movement. while dozens of countries are looking to china to rescue them from the covert 1000 pandemic that is because the chinese government has pledged to donate nearly half a 1000000000 vaccines worldwide after its failure in handling the initial operate of covert 19 beijing is eager to repair its image in the world vaccine diplomacy could be the tactic to change the narrative and expand its global influence as debuts chief international editor richard walker reports. in a europe ravaged by covert 19 this is what hope looks like belgrade serbia waiting in line for liberation from the pandemic but these injections are about more than public health they were flown in from china to a presidential welcome chinese state t.v.

on hand to capture the moment just the latest part of a massive pandemic rebranding exercise that makes use medical assistance with decision from asian. quite sustain after all so to try to spin the debate in a way that many look like a star in china and china was you know the 1st country to report that what's happening here is something that goes well beyond the pandemic and far exceeds the scope of china's official diplomatic missions like here in berlin it's a much bigger campaign for global influence it's been building up the years and will continue long after the pandemic is over. the most visible driver of this is the belton road initiative a project spanning more than 100 countries that is redrawing the map of china's economic power in a single region in europe chinese funds of pouring into highway bridges in

montenegro a coal fired power plant in bosnia and a giant seaport in greece that may yet become the largest in europe. and you can see signs that these investments can translate into political influence like at the united nations human rights council where china won a show of support last year for its controversial suppression of freedoms in hong kong 4 out of 5 countries backing china has signed up to belton wrote. these efforts to shape global perceptions come right from the very top. china's president xi jinping was the opening speaker at this year's virtual davos meeting exuding confidence and positioning beijing as the world's greatest champion of global cooperation and their strong desire to show it was superior already our you know the chinese. too said to give. examples that show

why perhaps i'm a 20 year century democracies were cute and useful and good but now for the 21st century vi only systems that are really suitable to face the challengers are rather century are systems that are closer to the chinese of u.s. president joe biden has made his debut on the world stage for him to push back at that idea saying democracy will and must prevail. and germany's angela merkel says that the west must now engage in this unfolding competition that's up to somebody it's important that it's not only china and russia but i deliver in fact seems to developing countries the and fix them stand there isn't 50 it might seem like madness that lining up for a vaccine can mean picking sides in a geo political battle. but that is shaping up to be our new reality a battle for influence and even ideas about nothing less than how to run the world

. let's talk more about the story now with francisco but now she's a member of the german parliament and spokeswoman for european policy with the opposition green party best but now welcome to g.w. good to have you with us again do you think that china uses its vaccines to gain economic and political influence here in europe. we must 1st of all be clear we need to get vaccines to all parts of this world and yes the chinese a whole by accident strategy with the geopolitical strategy but i think we should not complain about the chinese and really get our act together and get better su penes and the west together with americans it's our own problem if we can't even get enough our own citizens be alone for i don't parts of the world so you're not concerned by economic and political influence again possibly by using these

vaccines i am concerned but i'm not happy that the only reactions i see from the german government from other governments is just to complain and what chinese and russians are doing because in the end it's up to half to show that we can do it that we can deliver and that's why we need to invest massively in could actually capacity not just in europe but also outside europe to finance it to get our companies to pool great with local companies to produce more and that's really what needs to happen now we also need to have a vaccine sharing mechanism that is not just one of terry. defined it's and we have it right now to be you that wanted me we'll give and we'll share vaccines with the rest of the world so we have to show that we can really deliver and stop just complaining about others let's talk about this sharing mechanism here because china china is that seen diplomacy really has been a success in countries that don't have access to western vaccines and we have

something here a quote from francis leading international relations expert bedtime buddy who said china has managed to present itself as a champion of the southern countries at a time when the north showed complete selfishness why is that why hasn't europe of lived up to its reputation here. your has also failed right way not just the saudis but also partly citizens because europe has been good in investing in the innovation that you know they there is like you're a big biotech etc but it has failed to regulate in order to get it to market so that we have more production capacity as the u.s. has been doing this to have family intervened in their market we europeans have not done this it's not you know failure of the e.u. commission to the german government didn't do anything else either but we see that we need to into being more haven't we need to find and production capacity in europe outside of europe we need to get companies to cooperate on the ground to get

or to have more than we can offer and share to other parts of the world because we can't go to chinese weight and not vaccinating our own population and giving it out because that import in europe so we need to do it both will have to leave it there francis couplet no member of the german parliament spokeswoman for european policy with the green party thank you very much for joining us thank you. to some a big news in german soccer and our national coach here him is going to step down after this year's european championships the german football federation said he asked to be released from his contract one year early the 61 year old has been in charge of the german national team since 2006 and lifted the 2014 world cup in brazil in what has been the highlight of his time in charge. and howard from v.w. sports is what this hi anthony how think of a surprise do you think i think it's a surprise in any time someone who walks away from a year to go on

a contract when there's a lot of money at stake when anyone makes a decision that's best for the guy or best for the team that's a bit of a shock in and they go driven world of football but it's not a surprise if you listen to the conjecture the jungle drums have been beating really loud for love to go since germany went home early after russia 2018 the conjecture is there that he had lost the dressing room and the year of these players and the technically maybe just run out of ideas that the writing was on the wall the smoke coming from football journalists and from football fans was that it was his time to go so if you listen to that and say well look he just made that decision on that strength well it's not really but still a year left on his contract as you said so what about the timing of this announcement why do you think it came now that's potentially most interesting is that why now and i think there's an argument decided that he wanted to lift the pressure off the players who have been listening to the same voice for 10 years coming on 15 years and all the germans tell me that there's

a very strange voice that action. to germany what the kentucky accent is to america it can be an interesting one to listen to but think of a noir have been listening to this same voice they're coming into maybe their last camp how do you lift that pressure and give them something to look forward to that he might be going on and that the voice will change i think there's an argument to say that this will lift a white from them and put an energy in the camp beforehand in the tournament itself that might drive them forward because much of this team in the top for a great discussion is an older class of player and he needed to try something it sounds cynical but i think there's something to it well it is time to then start talking about his legacy what do you think that will be the legacy what comes next i think you know he's won the world cup so that's that's he's he's in the hole if i may feel like he's on mount rushmore of german football but what comes next i think we can get bread. isn't running coats and white for to start running you're going to clip stories when you can hear the keyboards bashing away right now and they'll be thousands of them before the day is out how long before you read the 1st one

saying we'll you're going club coach germany next that's what comes next as liverpool struggle in the premier league but it's going to get more and more these stories and we're going to see that big smile from the clock that's going to feature prominently now in the discussion who coaches next with his germany go next as much as it's about living moves i thank you for the world cup that will turn with lightning speed towards who comes next do you think you'll do it. i think it might be a year too early i think if we were in the build up to another world cup when we were 6 months out and he had another year at liverpool but instinct tells me that he's got one more year liverpool that will not stop the story's been written that will not stop the conversation he's going to dom and i will be the 1st to read it i'm sure anthony howard indeed of you sports thanks so much susan. for. that let's take a look now again at some other headlines from around the world there have been more demonstrations in paraguayan against the government's handling of the pandemic coronavirus cases have been on the rise since september and reached record levels

last month protesters are calling for the resignation of the country's president. a brazilian supreme court judge has the know the criminal convictions against former president luis. silva the clearing of the conviction could see lula run in next year's presidential election it gives the current leader terrible so narrow brazil's prosecutor general says it will appeal the decision governed brazil from 2003 to 2011. and protesters filled with police in senegal's capital dakar after the opposition leader was released on bail with money sancho was arrested last week and accused of rape but he claims those charges are politically motivated human rights groups say at least 5 people have died during days of violent unrest. congo has suffered years of conflict tracing back to the masses. refugee crisis and spillover from the 1940 genocide in rwanda up a complex web of armed groups now controls the eastern part of

a huge country in central africa it's difficult for outsiders to visit but t.w. gained rare access to rebel held territory we met one woman who bears the scars of war but still has hope for the future here is the journey that our correspondent mary took to find her. from now on it's what they called no man's land because not the government and also no specific rebel group controls this area that makes it also quite dangerous the road behind me this is no man's land begins and this is well also how quieting happens on a regular basis. we're on foot the beauty of the landscape cannot distract from the constant fear of kidnap or being caught up in fighting. as soon as we get close the rebel militia sends an escort to take us to that base. one of them is mummify either she joined the militia almost 20 years ago after another group attacked her village the man killed her parents with

machetes 6 of them raped her she was just 15 she'd already been married the same group had killed her husband. i felt defeated my life had defeated me i saw what they had done to me and how they killed my family i couldn't continue my life like it had been and. so i decided to become a fighter and drive them out. given the chance she chucked them on the spot she says. when a former teacher began recruiting people to take revenge she joined him many in her group survived similar. it's a militia of traumatized damaged young people. they killed my father they killed everyone in my family that's the only reason i became a fighter. for terry avenged and survival they

control around 20 villages in the area security for food in a deal they say is consensual but we saw local people running in fear from them the idea of consent is complicated for everyone. it's only when we are alone that says this. i hear that other people run away from the group but i think how can i run i have no one to help me i have no land i have no one who could help me build a life. she would like to trade her gun for the life she had before as a farmer being gay she had them of myself i would have had a good life with my husband one like other people have but that was taken away from me so. now she pours what hope she has into her children that they will have choices one day.

if god blesses me i could at least give them an education if their blessed at least that i can never get another job so i cannot help them by myself. now to the prince his wife and what the world is talking about britain's prince harry and his wife maggie have spoken on t.v. about their intense struggles with war a life most of what they have to say to oprah winfrey has shocked the world and very likely buckingham palace as well here is some of that interview. i've advocated for so long for women to use their voice and then i was silent. were you silent or were you silenced the latter but i knew that if i didn't say it that i would do it

and i i just didn't i just didn't want to be alive anymore my biggest concern was history repeating itself when i was about before you know numerous occasions very publicly so when i asked the question why did you leave the simplest answer is lack of support and lack of understanding prince harry raised in the palace in a life of privilege literally a prince how you were trapped for up within the system but the rest of my family all my father my brother they all tromped. let's go to london now do you know he's back at mass is following the story forests that the british public has not been able to watch this interview as well what reactions are you seeing there. it's interesting to me there was a snap poll and they were all skiing the people from what do you have seen and had wasn't appropriate or inappropriate and actually according to that poll almost half

of the respondents said it was inappropriate so that chimes in that fits in with the larger picture of the queen is very very popular in the u.k. much more popular for example than harry and meg and it's really a picture of a nation divided into team wins and magazine team wins they would say it was titled it was whining that they are sitting in the luxury mansion and are talking about authenticity and a new life that they were seeking because they couldn't bear it anymore and then there are those who are saying that's really good on meghan that she has spoken out and that she's not allowing anybody to silence her as a black woman so really polarizing interview one of the most damning allegations in that interview was the accusation of racism in the royal family let's listen to a clip and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. what and

who who is having that conversation with you. hold a hold out there several several conversations a conversation with you with harry about. how dark your baby is going to be. potentially and what that would mean or look like a bigot there must be tremendous pressure now on the queen to publicly address this question of racism in the royal family. there is speculation of course that the palace would have to react. harry has made it clear that it wasn't the queen or the duke of edinburgh who allegedly talked about racism bots really people are asking will know whether the palace will react for example we've seen the leader of the opposition. the labor party saying that really almost calling for an investigation so you so really people are wondering if and when the palace will

react. if we look at the timing of this do you know what harry and meghan were hoping to achieve with this interview. they would most likely say that they were hoping to set the record straight and they they felt that has been so much bad press about maggie and particularly that they felt the need to tell the ass side of the story and then there would be others who are saying well they have now created almost a business empire that created a brand that this brand needs to be fed with in order to stay relevant so again there are 2 sides of that story as well. reporting for us from london thank you. and let's get a reminder now of our top stories here on. police with riot police in the in march a hold their fire against protesters has gone viral security forces have dispersed and tycoons demonstrations in cities across the country 5 media outlets have also

been shuttered for sharing news about the protests. and germany's national soccer coach has said he will step down after this summer's european championships asked to terminate his contract a year early he had been slated to leave after the 2820. world cup. thank you for watching due to the. audience.

they are fleeing poverty only to end up in germany brothel women from eastern europe forced into sexual slavery. for them help is hard to come by but in the southern germany city of mannheim there was thieving support from a committed women's rights activist exploiting the corner close of.

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discover who. subscribe to the documentary to. sex slaves in the heart of europe whose lives count for nothing. he put a gun to my head and said i'm going to. get it myself and smash to. throw you away he said and no one will remember you never existed. they wanted to

escape poverty instead they fell prey to sex traffickers. i resisted and cried and told him i didn't want to do that then came the thread son the brutality he said he'd tell everything to my family to. sold into slavery treated as a come out. they sell sex for less than a pack of cigarettes and some women in our district a soap or they charge just for your eyes for sex. germany is seen by many as europe's brothel we meet a woman who's looking to change that. was

usually a very good is a lifeline to them sasha and allie escaped out of sex slavery face to her help they're both from bulgaria they grew up in impoverished conditions in the countryside and each fell in love with a man who promised them a life in a wealthy germany it was only when sasha arrived here that she realised she'd have to do sex work. after the recent baths obviously i refused her mother very threatened to kill me and said no one would know where i was. up to help me captive for 2 or 3 days and then he put me to work so what was it that got so good i'm convinced now that he had actually planned it all a lot got told that when you're in love you just blind to everything else and you don't realize that the thought of such a does of so to. the boyfriend model is

a common method used by sex traffickers once they've got control over the woman they beat her into submission. to my being i had to serve at least 15 or 20 clients a day to his horses so he can reckon around 50 euros per client in a new client butt. at the end of the month i was only given 2 or $300.00 euros he took everything else everything was his kid his emotion. 20 clients a day 20 men that she was forced to have sex with every day and unimaginable trauma . i want to go for but a 1000000000 women but all as soon as the man comes into the room you switch your brain off just to trust in the sense that you're not there when it happens in those 15 to 20 minutes just like that you know they're in their place. that's like a protection for your mind. sasha has

a one year old child and early supporter younger siblings back in bulgaria both now have cleaning jobs money is tight but at least they're no longer in sex work and they say without yuliya they would never have escaped. she. is an advice and support center for women in sex work in the city of mannheim it runs on public funds and private donations usually a vegas set it up herself 7 years ago at the time she faced stiff opposition because sex workers in germany don't have lobby groups to represent their interests so big in the 1st there were very few people who saw any point in our many things in how many couldn't understand why sex workers would need help i think people are more willing to part with their money when it's children or animals in distress and off i'm only gives out food assists women in dealing with your thora to use

arranges emergency accommodation and helps those who want to exit the sex trade. sandra comes here nearly every day she loves to cook today she's preparing a dish from her homeland jamaica here she feels accepted. in s. the time since the 1st day i walked in here and i arrived with plastic bags and had nowhere to go and ever since then it's been like a miracle honestly. wish they take you in here and treat you like you're nothing other than the person actually large image bit of this. out on the street she says men only see one thing in her own center herself was born out of right she was conceived when her own grandfather abused her mother later he raped sandra to. give when

a person is raped their soul is raped to me it can't happen i struggled with myself for a long time whether i was good enough to be loved or whether i was only here for this one thing because i get to know people but then they use me and so it always feels like prostitution again. and so the prostitute. wolfgang haida is a gynecologist from the neighboring city of heidelberg he works for me once a week on a voluntary basis sandra only does sex work occasionally now when she's especially short of money she asks wolfgang hider to give her a routine check up most of them school clothes everything's fine that's quite an unusual move going haida says many of the sex workers he sees suffers from gleaning pain and infections and then there are the emotional wounds. these are fallen is in

these women are very wounded they're carrying a huge burden even if they appear normal and greet you cheerfully there's a part of them that's deeply sad. they suffer lifelong nightmares it's like something's broken inside is they're no longer willing to commit to a relationship if they don't trust anyone and certainly not men it's a destruction of the female soul. he believes it's not just the sex traffickers who want to blame but also those who pay for the woman services. as a friend of mine was wonderful i think you have to approach the clients so that they realize what they're doing that if they go to these places they think about the emotional wrecks they leave behind she's women aren't machines it's not just a bit of fun you're inflicting damage and it's not voluntary they're basically allowing themselves to be raised for money good to give.

the mannheim district of nick a start vest is home 223000 people from 160 nations many of them would prefer to leave there are hardly any jobs many apartments are rundown and overpriced sex work is actually banned in this district but it still goes on. to live very near spends a lot of time out in the neighborhood seeking to win the women's trust but it's not easy. to see how they have certain preconceptions from their home countries like that you have to bribe the police that the police won't help you or they're also not familiar with social work so it's very difficult it can sometimes take months or even years for a woman to develop trust in us and really believe i can trust and that they will help me and he kind of struck home to have.

a. sitter check here runs a cafe in the neighborhood trust us who we are and to the work she does he's known this area for 40 years when his daughter was born he moved his home elsewhere he says a year ago someone was murdered right outside his cafe and the sex workers continued despite the ban for this district. well the most prolific it's all just a bit more private now that you're in the past it was official now they do it illegally that's the only difference is all that business as usual it's all still possible when they're out on the street or in hotels or private apartments no problem at all that. much to coronavirus pandemic has made a difference a few streets further on man holmes red light district feels like

a ghost town. in the brothels have been forced to close some owners are taking the opportunity to renovate their also if you are clients available for the women held in slavery so many pimps have trafficked them back to their home countries. such as romania here prices are lower than in germany but the sex trade has been less impacted by the pandemic 6 work is illegal here but many police officers just look the other way or even earn from the trade themselves romania is one of the most corrupt countries in europe. but here too there are people and organizations committed to helping the women our

us for example gives out face masks temple and send condoms. they may rely has come to stock up she's afraid of getting covert 19 she says many clients still insist on having unprotected sex is the key to she tells us she's been doing this job for 10 years and every day and every evening. i just can't find a job anywhere i try to find employment but it's useless you know like come to an interview they say we're calling you to morrow we'll get back to you mike but they never do that when i'm still on the street. i have nothing to live on otherwise i have to pay rent and other necessities food clothes there's no way out for me i have no other income you wanted to really. know alternative to sex

work damp and school from hard ass says poverty amongst women is a much bigger problem here in romania then in western europe and if the women get sent back here there's no one to help them because sex work is still it's a boo in romania he says. i mean but all the european union needs to take action to support the victims. if they get sent home they land right back in the place they left to escape poverty and what about that their one year you've got you after all they didn't leave because things are ok. so they'll go to countries where sex work is better paid by germany switzerland. or france or wherever their pen takes them. where there is demand for their services and opportunity to carry them out for about. 60 percent of sex workers in europe come from romania and bulgaria and nearly half of them are

minors i. live the yano was still a child when she fell into the hands of a sex trafficker her mother started a new relationship and gave her to a man who offered her and other girls to people traffickers. depend lined us up. in the middle of the street there were 13 or 14 of us i don't remember exactly we stood there like chicken. and he asked the guy which one do you want. and the other guy pointed to me. i was in line at a minus they sort i was about 17 but i wasn't even 40. he had a passport made for me with my signature although it would have needed my parents' signature. i was taken to italy.

she was passed from one country to another italy hungary romania years of horror. there were many terrible moments the worst moment was when a gun was put to my head. but it was equally awful when i was left alone when no one would have given a central me when i was beaten when i went to bed and then woke up being beaten. and then all those days it takes were allowed to touch me. i don't know what was worse to my life but at the same time all these experiences have made me stronger because i'm a human being with dignity i hold my head high and i won't bow to anyone. in the end liliana was freed by the police and found a place to live here at general turn are up for the young generation it's a refuge that was set up by marianna peter cell 20 years ago offering protection

and a way out for sex slaves she tries to help them build a new life. they go it's very very difficult for these girls. they try to start a normal life but they still carry a sense of shame like a stamp on their minds that says they were sold or they still think i'm a prostitute or i'm this or that. it's been sent to them so often and they've been shamed and humiliated so many times that they believe it themselves prost even though none of the things that happened to them for their fault. she gets almost no support from the remaining government but she is getting help from an unexpected source in germany and also there's a former police chief who's now retired while in office he worked with our

assistance program and he also encouraged others to help us. and he still calls or several now and then got to find out how things are going. and jeff was a. police chief is munford palos even though he's retired he still travels to romania regularly to raise awareness of how sex work is often driven by poverty today he's meeting with the yulia vega from me and marietta hoag in a from the human rights group a salvati they discuss their experiences and planning projects both in germany and abroad after all sex trafficking is a european problem yeah i grew up since 2015 we've been going to eastern europe every year to spend a week travelling round schools and educating the children on what mike is mike in the golden west and in germany in particular. when we ask the students at the

beginning how many of them would like to go to germany or switzerland or austria once they finish school 70 percent raise their hand that supports and didn't know now was going on and that's exactly what organized crime networks exploit people's willingness to migrate to escape poverty and a lack of prospects like the floors we can sell but i don't want to i met one woman who had made it to me in complete shock that she didn't know how terrible things are. that's it she said i thought because sex work is legal in germany it can't be anything terrible thriller but the reality was very different she was brutally raped repeatedly and then told what she had to do. she seen these they're caught in this red light subculture much of which is criminal and other laws apply it's very much like the mafia if you betrayed them it's considered the worst of all crimes so to tell others that you're not doing sex work willingly but were forced

into it is one of the worst forms of betrayal that's why when you ask them they're all in the job voluntarily. they insist on it vehemently. helping to be homeless he says 90 percent of sex workers in germany are forced into the trade because the law defines sex work as a voluntary service it's not a criminal act manfred palu says that makes it difficult to track down and prosecute those behind the human trafficking he says people in romania and bulgaria can't understand germany's approach. and vice in all these and in all these recruiting countries people are now very aware of what happens to the women and girls here in germany under the rule of law they look at it with amazement if not contempt. and i don't think we can afford to continue this way long term and neither should we just need laws. germany is seen as

a paradise for pimps and sex trafficked is you leave a good end to the others here to counteract that by doing prevention work and raising awareness through posters like this one for example. the private business done by students at a school girls i think it's great the process hello maybe it's an option for mankind to mannheim female students wrote not for sale across their own far it's giora tension to the problem of sex slavery and to show solidarity with goes their rage in romania and bulgaria the plan is to hang the posters on building site advertising for us no. money for it powerless only does its romanian police officer drivel adore you but because of the pandemic an online meeting must suffice they've been meeting for years and have become friends and that even though they need a translator to communicate. we have a lot of women come back to romania from germany the brothels here are ball had to

close schools and well. yeah sitting at yes they have come back but they haven't been registered so there are no statistics and they don't know exactly how many have returned but they can see that the number of sex workers on the streets has increased in romania. inspector door you work for the national agency against human trafficking and browse of the agency has victims of trafficking to press charges and puts them in contact with aid groups he too believes the german system makes life easier for the traffickers. germany out of germany is a special case because sex work is legal there as a result many of these girls appear to be pursuing legal employment opportunity even though they're actually victims of human trafficking up image fed up but on

the face of it they're employees of a club. sex work is a lucrative business for organized crime human beings costs less than drugs or firearms and you can sell them not just once but repeatedly every day. marianna peter sellers constantly out in the found out today she's looking for a girl that was trafficked to germany but is now said to be back in romania we leave the city of tennis and head out into the countryside. mixed. i want to show you what it's like to grow up in a rural area here. so that you see how these children live in the countryside these girls and women. that so you can see how much

pressure they're under and why they choose to become dependent on tragic. and agreed to do these things and become a part of it project. romania and bulgaria are among the poorest countries in the european union in the countryside especially the level of education is low and unemployment rates high women here in these rule areas have few prospects and in some cases that makes them easy prey for traffic to use. the girl she's looking for is nowhere to be seen perhaps she's still in germany up to roll but marianna peter still want to give up even though it often. feels like a losing battle. back in germany at the support center our money they are giving out food today. to women who come

here or do sex work in their local area. we've had stuff donated you can take some with you if you want. that the women come from countries like vogue area romania albania and dover europe's poor houses 90 percent of the sex workers in germany are migrants many of them work illegally have no apartment no health insurance and are not registered to living here has known some of them for years. here and also happen here in our neighborhood we have a lot of women who work for extremely low prices for some of them it's still a lot of money but they have to serve a huge number of clients and they're the fuel of fire i've met some women who had up to 40 clients a day or so for i am tired of. cafes and bars normally serve as

a place to make contact with clients but even they are closed right now still business can continue online sandra knows all the relevant platforms like ladies sugar daddy or by me. meetings or even arranged on facebook or whatsapp. in mind here after you put on when you go on one of these platforms some people will write to ask can even have me do you have facebook or whatsapp can i see pictures of you it's what i am when you ask what kind of pictures they want to see you naked and things like that so you can then see who was interested in your photos and either they then write to you or you write to them. or do shine. and so the sex work and in many cases the exploitation continues there's not much the police can do so they're changing tack trying to get into conversation with the

sex workers and win their trust cathy with the help of harmony. this city's police chief comes to the center in person until he has to spend years investigating cases of sexual exploitation and understands the issues together they hope to persuade more women to exit the trade depend demick is an opportunity. if an astonished as he looks on the ways that so many women a daring to quit now we're currently helping 13 women have realized they can't bear it anymore and want something even. bigger when we have women wanting to stop who are also going to talk about their experience it's important to me that they know they can trust us. we need their testimony to get to the traffickers who are earning a fortune out of their misery or does this not to end germany's prostitution act hasn't helped us. under german law sex workers are considered service

providers just like nurses stinger says the change in law was well meant but he too says that legalizing the trade has made it more difficult to catch the criminals the 2 of them also agree that more focus needs to be placed on the role of the clients. obviously they're partly to blame for the women's plight. and we know that because the prices have plummeted because of all the women coming from abroad to services costs a little anyone can afford it i'm always amazed how many young men also use these services. but missing the so human we need to move more towards the scandinavian approach where clients are prosecuted if they're known to have visited sex workers that were coerced into the job and forced to do. previously it was their call to account and face criminal charges. in sweden paying for sex has been illegal for more than 20 years and has become increasingly unacceptable so showing the law there targets the clients but not the sex workers

in germany on the other hand sex work is legal and subject to social and health insurance contributions just like any other job that gives the impression of fair pay and protection for the workers but in reality 90 percent of the estimated $400000.00 sex workers in germany and not registered usually a very good has taken a stand against the sexual exploitation of women through amalie she's built up a network that can free women from sexual slavery and offer them a new life with a place to live and a job where they're not exploited. i'm going to make in a dark i'm happy to get involved in areas where others prefer the other way. and when i see the women have left the trade or those who come here with their children there are so many wonderful moments that proved to me it's worthwhile working in this part of mannheim and thinking every day of new ideas that i can put into

practice of how i can win over more supporters or make the best use of volunteers. and that that's important benefit of we've been able to do a lot over the last few years. sasha and ellie are just 2 of the beneficiaries thanks to our money there was scope to life of slavery don't ever forget the trauma they experienced but at least today have their dignity back. new momentum says the people at an early have shown me that women have rights too. and you can fight that and that you can seek help from others. album is finished plays mostly they made me strong by showing me that they stand with me and has my back i'm not supposed to new motion.

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