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The parliamentary groups of CDU / CSU and SPD agree on tightening penalties for sexual violence against children and child pornography.
Union parliamentary group vice Thorsten Frei spoke on Friday of a "milestone for child protection".
He explained: "Anyone who abuses children, who consumes or disseminates images of abuse, must reckon with all the harshness of criminal law in the future."
SPD parliamentary group vice-president Dirk Wiese said: “It is an important signal that sexual abuse and child pornography will be upgraded to crimes in the future.
The large number of cases in the past few months has shown how important this change in the law is. "
Child abuse should therefore be punished as a crime in the future, which entails a minimum of one year imprisonment.
"The penalties for child pornography will also be increased considerably and the entries in the police clearance certificate will be extended considerably," said Frei.
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In the case of particularly serious sexual crimes against children, a permanent entry in the extended certificate of good conduct will also be possible in the future.
Acquiring, owning and placing children's dolls on the market should also be made a criminal offense.
Frei also stated that police and public prosecutors should be strengthened in the prosecution of crimes against children.
"In the future, investigators will be able to monitor the telephone and Internet much better in cases of sexual assault against children and child pornography, and conduct online searches." According to Wiese, this is due to the upgrading of the crime.
Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) had already proposed the changes in the summer.
The Union initially demanded tightening.
According to Wiese, there have recently been delays because the planned trade ban on child expanses still had to be reported to the EU Commission in Brussels.