Rome public prosecutor Maria
Monteleone on Wednesday sounded the alarm about child
prostitution in the capital, saying that children as young as 10
were victims.
"Child prostitution is one of the most disturbing phenomena,"
Monteleone, who is also coordinator of a specialist pool for the
rights of minors, told a parliamentary commission of inquiry
into childhood and adolescence.
"Minors are its victims, both girls and boys.
"Unfortunately, children under 14 are increasingly involved,
so children aged 13, 12 or 10.
"Over the last judicial year there were 31 new cases".
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