Berlin, June 25, 2026 (AFP) - Chinese women throng Germany trials of 'driving school' rape network

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2026-06-25

German courts have been trying a group of mostly Chinese men accused of running a sexual abuse network that drugged victims and that members called the "Driving School for Experts". Their dark secret, now coming to light in a series of trials, was that in their Telegram chat group, a "car ride" was code for a rape and "dead pigs" referred to their victims, women who had usually been heavily sedated. The cases have evoked that of Gisele Pelicot, t......

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