" Child prostitution is one of the most disturbing phenomena that has children, both girls and boys, as victims. And unfortunately it also sees more and more protagonists even children under 14, therefore also 13, 12 or 10 years old. the last judicial year have been 31 new cases ", in the district of the court and the public prosecutor's office in Rome.
The prosecutor Maria Monteleone, deputy prosecutor in Rome and coordinator of the pool that deals with the rights of minors, said during the hearing at the parliamentary commission of inquiry for children and adolescents. After reporting the developments of the phenomenon in the last year, the prosecutor Maria Monteleone also recalled that "in previous years we have had a surge in new procedures in this matter, connected to the well-known story of the baby ring". The latter reference concerns the investigation which in 2013 brought to light the story of two little girls made prostitute in the Roman district of Parioli.
