Gump pretty much has it, the oldest profession has always been legal in Germany (or should I say the German speaking lands pryor to the Kiaser days).
After WWII it was a controlled thing, and the licensing involved is a long and drawn out process. I knew a woman for years, who was married and happy and everyone likes and respects her, she was a former 'pro' and trust me, straight from the horses mouth..............'it ain't easy' being a legal one.
Now about the German 'PRESS', I could babble on and on about so called news I read while in the Bundesrepublik, lets just say the National Enquiror is about as truthful as the majority of German newspapers.................the facts are drenched in slim-fast (I mean real thin!) at best.
Imagine this, every German I know who seen that 'Bowling for Columbine' thinks it is a fact filled, true documentry. I tried to explain that the only facts in that movie (not documentary) that George Bush was president of the US, and Charelton Heston was president of the NRA.................wasted effort, they are so used to sensationalism, they take it as truth, and they just may fall for this article also.
There may be the smallest smidgen of truth for this article, kind of like 'based on a true story' thing, but as written here, I guarentee it is a crock-o-crud.
gregarat , in Germany, they flash all kind's of things, and nobody really cares..........................
JON
(and for those who don't know me, I lived 7 of my 10 active Army years in Germany, and stayed 12 years as a working in German) factories