We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. Now, prosecutors have charged him with illegally obtaining funds from investors and procuring women from trafficking gangs. The owner of a Stuttgart brothel appeared in court on Friday over charges of pimping and human trafficking to the tune of millions of euros.
At one time, Rudloff loved to show off his business acumen β appearing on chat show couches and giving press interviews about how legal prostitution in Germany stayed profitable and above board under business models such as his. If the men wanted to go with the women to their rooms, said Rudloff, they had to pay the sex workers themselves.
He had nothing to do with it β the women rented their own space in his brothel. But state prosecutors in Stuttgart disagree. They say Rudloff was procuring women illegally from gangs. On top of that, he is accused of defrauding his investors. The investigation into Rudloff's business dealings resulted in 11 arrests in Prosecutors have said they expect a lengthy trial, which is scheduled to go on until at least March The case has renewed debate about prostitution in Germany.
The practice has long been legal in Germany in regulated brothels, something proponents say is good for the health and safety of sex workers. Under new rules for the oldest profession, prostitutes in Germany required to register themselves. However, authorities in the city of Hamburg believe only a fraction there have done so. German NGOs have claimed that a growing number of migrants are having sex with older men for money.
InfoMigrants spoke with these NGOs to learn more about this tragic phenomenon. Germany has passed a new prostitution law to fight human trafficking and exploitation.
