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Brit squaddies formally banned from paying prostitutes for sex while stationed abroad
Brit squaddies paying prostitutes while on operations overseas.Two new policies were announced yesterday as the department says they will crack down on unacceptable sexual behaviour throughout the armed forces.New zero tolerance rules are set to prohibit all sexual activity which involves an abuse of power, and under the new guidelines, this will include buying sex whilst abroad.READ MORE: 'Former Area 51 engineer' claims US is keeping aliens captive and stealing their techThe new rulings from the Ministry of Defence come as a way of preventing sexual exploitation and abuse overseas, with a promise to respond to every allegation of rule breaking received. Another policy has made a zero tolerance line to unacceptable sexual behaviour, placing greater emphasis on support for the victims.Any Armed Forces member to have behaved in a sexually unacceptable way would be discharged, with the two new policies backed up by a new defence strategy training course.The Tackling Sexual Offending in Defence Strategy marks the Ministry of Defence as pushing for prioritising victims and reducing the impact of sexual offending in the Armed Forces.
