Women's rights group outraged at lack of interest in fighting Polish sex trade

trade Representatives from an organization fighting the trafficking of women, La Strada, were outraged that hardly anybody in Poland is surprised that 14 and 15 year-olds prostitute themselves on the road side. According to estimates almost 15,000 foreign women work as prostitutes in Poland. They come from Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus, Romania and Russia. La Strada activists say Poland has become the main transfer route and recruitment country for sex traders. Annually, nearly 10,000 Polish women are transported to sex clubs into Germany, Netherlands and Belgium. La Strada has been operating in Poland for five years giving assistance to women forced into prostitution. (Rzeczpospolita, Sept. 16-17, page A4, Reuters)