• Sex tourism is a booming business, and many men from wealthy nations engage in sexual activities with trafficked individuals by travelling to destinations where women and children are prostituted.
• Child prostitution flourishes along the German-Czech border. Girls and boys hang out near petrol stations, bus stops, and restaurants on the connecting roads between the two nations.
• Within towns, they are found in parks, in front of supermarkets and the entrances of gambling halls and houses, and at the railway station. In some areas, the children wait for tourists in cars or by windows.
• Small babies and children up to 6 years of age are usually offered to tourists by women. Children older than 7 years are usually accompanied by a male adolescent or an adult.
• Many of the children get inside the cars of German tourists and drive away with them. Older children from 8 years on negotiate prices and sexual services. The men usually drive with their victim to a place they are familiar with and where they will not be observed.
• Many of the children were raped or sexually abused before they became involved in commercial sexual exploitation.
• Poverty, sexual abuse, and family obligation are the main reasons given by children for entering into prostitution. The children usually receive small amounts of money, eatable, or financial support to the families.