made in the "Bar Macedonia"
in December 2000 //
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Q: Do you know how many brothels are in Tetovo?
Sabina: There are many in Tetovo, at least 30.
Q: What customers are here in this bar?
Sabina: It's mixed... Macedonians, Albanians, Germans...
Q: Germans? Soldiers for sure...
Sabina: A lot of KFOR - all ranks... They all come here...
Q: Do you have to have sex with the men?
Sabina: I don't prostitute, but the other have to.
Q: How is it here about condoms?
Sabina: The girls are not allowed to work without.
Q: How does your job here look like?
Sabina: Often they order striptease in the military base. For celebrations. Our boss or a body guard drives us there, into the military base...
Q: Who does hire you?
Sabina: Many, I can't say exactly...
Q: Many girls got trafficked here...
Sabina: I know many from Romania who told me how they got illegally brought over the border.
Q: Do you know what the price for girls is here?
Sabina: They cost over 1000 DM, up to 2500 DM. Average price is 1500, depending on beauty. Like cargo...
Q: What about all this being locked in...
Sabina: There are brothels where the girls are locked away...
Q: How do you think german soldiers find the right address to a brothel?
Sabina: Some soldiers told me, in the military base they have a list of all brothels with notes which place is good and which is not so good...
Q: What can you say about the Germans?
Sabina: The Germans are honest people. When they fall in love with a girl, they don't mind if she is a prostitute or not.
Q: Can you just go and leave here, whenever you want?
Sabina: I can't go out during the day, because I could get stolen. It's unusual for me...
source: Inge Bell archive (Radiovision.info)