15 February 2002
German suspected of trafficking in women, raping minor in Belarus
Belarusian police consider brining criminal charges against a German citizen suspected of trafficking in women and raping a minor.
The Brest regional police department told BelaPAN that Karl Heintz Franke, a former employee with the humanitarian foundation "The Stork of Hope", allegedly failed to register with the local authorities when he lived in the town of Pinsk, Brest region. In November 1999, he allegedly
offered housekeeping jobs to two 22-year old women, took them to Germany and sold to a pimp for $250 each. The man is also suspected of raping a 15-year old vocational school student in December 2001.
The police do not know the suspect's whereabouts.
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