Irish escort site offered ‘war fantasy’ sex with Ukrainian women
Ellen Coyne - Yesterday 18:18
An Irish escort website encouraged men to live out their “war-inspired” fantasies by paying for sex with Ukrainian women.
A European anti-trafficking expert warned that the Irish sex work “market” was already responding to increased demand from men to “identify and have sex with” women and girls who were fleeing the conflict.
Valiant Richey, a special representative from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), was speaking at a National Women’s Council event yesterday.
He said around the time that a mass movement of vulnerable Ukrainian women and girls were moving across Europe, there was a “significant spike” in online searches “related to buying sex from Ukrainian women”.
Mr Richey, an anti-trafficking co-ordinator, said in some countries search terms relating specifically to having sex with Ukrainian women “went up by 600pc”.
“In other words, one of the early and measurable reactions in Europe to the crisis were attempts by men to identify and have sex with women and girls fleeing the conflict,” Mr Richey said.
“The influx of vulnerable women and girls into Western Europe led to an immediate increase in interest by men in exploiting them.”
He said the increased demand from men to have sex with Ukrainian women would serve as a “strong incentive” for human traffickers to trap and exploit the women...
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