Is Basel asleep in the fight against forced prostitution? (Swiss Press Local 2021, by Sedrik Eichkorn) - Swiss Press Award
SRF Regionaljournal Basel und SRF News
Local
2021
Sedrik Eichkorn
It's disturbing, and it's happening even in lovely Switzerland: forced prostitution. At the beginning of 2020, a rare human trafficking trial took place in Basel. Rare because, authorities argue, fighting internationally active organizations is supposedly almost impossible. Nevertheless, the question remains: Has Basel been asleep? Other cantons have been consistently addressing this issue for some time.