Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. Prague, the capital, is the largest city, with 1.3 million residents. As of 2006, Britons interested in child sex were increasingly going to short-haul destinations such as the Czech Republic, where children were more readily available because of poverty, weak laws and the presence of local people working as go-betweens to facilitate child sex.[1] The age of consent in the Czech Republic is 15.
In 2003, shortly before the Czech Republic joined the European Union, it was reported, "Towns on the Czech border with Germany openly advertise child sex, with a teddy bear in the window indicating that paedophiles are welcome - blue curtains means a male child prostitute and pink curtains a girl."[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/apr/09/labour.immigrationpolicy
- ↑ Bright, M. (2003) Bid to curb paedophile sex tourists. The Guardian, 16 November.
