According to media reports, in 2017, German military Bundesvar has been accused of 234 sexual assaults. The country's defence ministry claims that many accusations have been made in doubt. Media reports from Fong on German media said. According to the report, in the year 2007, allegations of rape or attempt to rape were 14, which is almost three times as compared to the previous year. In 2016, the number was five.
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There were complaints of 128 sexual harassment in 2016. In 2017, it has increased to 234. The media report of Fung says that the number of complaints is increasing because of the first sensitivity of the issue among the members, and secondly, the suspicion increased. Also, the reason behind the investigation of some of the old allegations is to start again.
Defense Minister Ursula Fan Dyer Lyen said last year that the number increased not only because of the increase in the incidents. The issue has increased in the number of complaints than ever before.
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A spokesman for the military said that the complaints that came up in 'unexpectedly, from kissing to shoulder or hand holding hands, even to rape'.
In November last year, a 29-year-old corporal in Hamburg was headlined for allegations of sexual harassment against two women. According to German newspaper Der Spiegel, another military member was holding the video of the incident but did not prevent it. The investigation will end by February, reports Fung said.
This is the first time the German military has fully recorded the suspected charges. Not sure how statistics have been made in previous years.
There are 60,000 soldiers in the German military.
In fact, the condition of the US military is worse. There were 6 thousand 172 in 2016 and 6,882 in sexual abuse in the year of sexual abuse.
