Overview

• The Göttingen court sentenced a 21-year-old man to a nine-month juvenile sentence, suspended on probation, for exploiting his 15-year-old girlfriend through coercion and manipulation.
• The Göttingen defendant used declarations of love, threats, and insults to force the victim into prostitution, earning €2,000, which he kept under the guise of settling debts.
• In Ulm, a 29-year-old man confessed to forcing an internet acquaintance into over 50 paid sexual encounters, using a false identity and threats to maintain control.
• The Ulm trial presented 50,000 chat messages and victim testimony under public exclusion as key evidence, with further hearings scheduled through June.
• Authorities highlight systemic challenges, including the absence of a dedicated 'Loverboy' offense category and the suspected high number of unreported cases of romance-based exploitation.