Forced Prostitution in Duisburg | Detectives Investigate

Duisburg’s red-light district is located on Vulkanstraße in the Old Town, very close to the Outer Harbour. Commercial sex workers pursue their activities here, protected by security staff as well as by the Hells Angels and the Desperados, the latter two having gained dubious notoriety in the Ruhr Area primarily as biker and motorcycle gangs. In this sensitive milieu, the detectives of Kurtz Detective Agency Duisburg are repeatedly deployed – gladly also in your case: +49 203 3196 0052.

Lack of Prospects Leads to Crime

A major problem in Duisburg is the thousands of Romanians, Hungarians and Bulgarians who have moved to the city since 2011 and mostly have no opportunity to pursue regular employment. No one knows their exact number. They have primarily settled in the districts of Marxloh and Hochfeld. These are neighbourhoods that have for decades been characterised by high unemployment, low rents and a large number of migrants. Many of the immigrants belong to the Sinti and Roma ethnic group, which faces persecution and discrimination in Eastern Europe. Their influx has made the situation in Hochfeld and Marxloh even more difficult than it already was. Only after a waiting period of several years are these immigrants permitted to take up employment subject to social insurance contributions. Until then, these EU citizens are only tolerated in Germany if they work on a self-employed basis.

And that is what they do: men at a day labour pick-up point on Wanheimer Straße, where they wait to obtain construction jobs for approximately three euros per hour. Women offer their services as prostitutes in the streets of the district from as little as five euros. Increasingly, the prostitution of Eastern European women is now spreading to other districts as well, including Mannesmannstraße in Duisburg-Mündelheim, a residential area with many large families (as of January 2015). Most of these Eastern European women do not engage in prostitution voluntarily; rather, they are forced by their male compatriots to solicit clients. They are threatened and blackmailed – even their families in their home countries suffer reprisals if they refuse to prostitute themselves. They cannot expect assistance from municipal, state or federal authorities – politicians postpone addressing the problem. However, the detectives of Kurtz Investigations Duisburg can at least help in individual cases: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-duisburg.de.

When a Dream Becomes a Nightmare

German women are also affected by forced prostitution. Even if it sounds like a cliché, it happens more often than one might think:

Saturday night at a nightclub, a young, attractive man in his late twenties approaches a young girl aged 17. They dance together, get on well and arrange to meet again. Naturally, it does not remain with that one meeting, as the young girl is enthusiastic – about his stories of what he has experienced, about his stylish car, about his ostentatious wristwatch and so on. Then either the dramatic tale of his sudden financial loss follows, threatening to ruin him unless she helps him. Or he introduces her to drugs – first lighter substances, later harder drugs such as heroin and, in recent years increasingly, crystal meth. Of course she tries them, because it is so cool and he does it too, and she becomes addicted. Addiction makes one compliant. In both cases, the girl may ultimately end up soliciting on the streets or in a brothel. If she refuses, once the phase of seduction has passed, she is beaten. Fear and dependency in most cases weaken resistance. And yet she could be helped so easily.

Our private investigators in Duisburg are your first point of contact in cases of forced prostitution – regardless of whether you yourself are affected or are parents or friends of a victim. We investigate the background, conduct surveillance of the environment and provide you with court-admissible evidence. Contact us for a non-binding consultation at kontakt@kurtz-detektei-duisburg.de or on +49 203 3196 0052.