Criminal case of Lisa F.
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In the alleged criminal case of Lisa F., a 13 year old Russian-German girl was reported missing for over a day in Berlin in January 2016 and, after returning, she first claimed that she had been kidnapped and raped by three strangers. The case was promptly used by Russian officials and media to accuse Germany of tolerating and covering up child abuse. These accusations provoked demonstrations of Russian Germans in several cities in Germany. The kidnapping story was shortly after proven to be false by police after analysis of mobile phone logs and Lisa admitted she went into hiding voluntarily and wasn't raped.
A German citizen of Turkish origin with whom Lisa stayed during her disappearance admitted having a sexual intercourse with her previously and was found guilty of child abuse and producing child pornography. Police also investigated another man who had sexual contacts with her before her disappearance, a Turkish citizen. The charge against him was dropped, as he was not aware of the girl's real age.
Incident
On 11 January, Lisa F. (name shortened in accordance with German privacy law), a 13-year-old Russian-German girl with dual citizenship from Berlin-Marzahn, disappeared on her way to school. Her parents reported her missing to the police. The following day she returned after 30 hours and told her parents that she had been abducted by three unknown men of "southern" or "Arab" origin, who did not speak German well.
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