By Steve Nolan. Documentary-makers in Germany have claimed that legalising prostitution has turned the country's capital Berlin into 'Europe's biggest brothel. Sex trade laws were radically liberalised by the German government in but a documentary called Sex - Made In Germany estimates that one million men pay for sex every day. Sex for sale: Around a million men are paying for sex every day in Germany according to a new television documentary.
Hamburg's Reeperbahn red light district is pictured. Laws were originally relaxed in the hope that they would offer a degree of protection to prostitutes who now have access to health insurance and benefits. But more than a decade on the changes in the law have brought criticism from those who claim that they have simply made it easier for traffickers to force foreign women into prostitution, according to The Guardian. It is thought that around two thirds of the country's , sex workers come from abroad.
But according to figures from the Federal Criminal Police Office BKA the number of reported cases of sexual trafficking in in Germany - - were down by a third on a decade earlier. Red light districts have also become much more prominent in Germany's major cities - there are between 3, and 3, established brothels in Germany and the trade is now big business.
Big business: There are an estimated , sex workers in Germany and around two thirds of those are said to be from abroad. According to public services union Ver. Roshan Heiler, head of counselling at the Aachen branch of women's rights organisation Solwodi, is unsurprised by the numbers of men paying for sex because it is so cheap and they won't get prosecuted.
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