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the attitude towards police in Ukraine, these women also distrust American police. In 1996, "Peter G", a German citizen, was arrested on 36 charges of trafficking in human beings, pimping, and bribery. He had at least 30 Ukrainian women working for him in the brothels he owned, and police suspect he was responsible for trafficking up to 600 women and girls into Germany under false pretenses. He allegedly recruited them by placing ads for "babysitters" in Polish and Ukrainian newspapers. One of Peter G's victims was a fifteen- year old girl, who stated that she was brought into Germany by two men who confiscated her passport, raped and beat her, and took her to Hamburg, where she was forced to have sex with as many as twenty clients a day. Walter, through his law enforcement activities, has found many Ukrainian and Russian women working in massage parlors and as escorts throughout New Jersey and New York. Recently, he took two Ukrainian officials to a go-go bar in Newark, New Jersey to witness the problem for themselves. There were sixteen women dancing at the club that night. Fifteen were either Russian or Ukrainian. Five of them were from Lviv. Standing to the side of the bar was a Slavic looking man who was the "caretaker" of these women. His job was to drive them to and from Brighton Beach, New York, make sure they didn't walk away, and collect their earnings. This problem does not just exist in New York or New Jersey. Our Ukrainian women are being victimized throughout the world, with Israel, Belgium, Germany and Italy being the largest importers of Ukrainian women. Organized crime, which primarily controls the trafficking of women, has become one of the most important political problems in Ukraine. It threatens to further damage the already unstable political, economic, and social systems of Ukraine by means of corruption and violence. It has created a situation where there is no guarantee of the Ukrainian citizen's personal safety. On April 13, 1998, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed a law making trafficking in human beings a criminal act. The problem with this new law is that its enforcement is almost impossible. Victims are reluctant to testify and the mob controls many Ukrainian officials. But it is a good beginning and it shows a commitment by Ukraine to curb this problem. We also came to realize that as people travel and communicate more openly and regularly, our criminal problems are not confined to the shores of the United States, but are also a problem in the young nation of Ukraine. It is important that we share our knowledge of and skills in dealing with the worst elements of our respective societies. We can never fully reciprocate the hospitality extended by the Ukrainian people to us and to the many American police officers who traveled with us. During our stay, our hosts treated us like family, if not better. It was a pleasure and an honor to represent the United States Department of State in this program, a huge success for instructors and for attendees. We believe that the continuation of such programs is vital to international law enforcement efforts. Mr. Zalisko, a Sergeant of Police with the Jersey City Police Department, has served as Chief Undersheriff for Monmouth County, New Jersey, and is the owner of a police management consulting firm. Mrs. Zalisko, a member of UNWLA Branch 4, served as New Jersey Deputy Attorney General and as an Assistant County Prosecutor Director for 15 years. In 1994, New Jersey's Governor Whitman appointed her as the State's Public Guardian.
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