
Speech by Dr. Ingeborg Kraus at the experts meeting on human trafficking at the invitation of the Democracy Development Center in Ukraine, Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, Higher School of Public Governance Ukraine and UN Women Ukraine. 29.04.2025. Here as PDF: Speech-Ukraine-Kraus-pdf
We have two completely different laws on prostitution that were introduced in Europe more than 20 years ago: the Nordic model in Sweden and the legalization model in Germany. We know the results. No country needs to experiment anymore. With the legalization model, Germany has become the brothel of Europe, and it has turned our country into an El Dorado for human traffickers, pimps, brothel owners and sexbuyers. If you choose the German model, you will increase violence against women in prostitution, but also in society as a whole. You will normalize prostitution, increase prostitution and turn your country into a magnet and breeding ground for sexbuyers. We have a law against human trafficking, but it gets useless with a law that legalizes prostitution. Listen to our experience! Weiterlesen