Lawyers of child sex trafficking victim seek her protection, say she has more names for police

A team of lawyers representing a 12-year-old Athens girl who has exposed one of the country's biggest cases of child sex trafficking by speaking out about her own rape and exploitation by dozens of men is demanding a police guard for their client after she was attacked by a man with a knife. 

"ELAS provides officers to guard television personalities but has not taken any measures for this child," one of the lawyers, Aspasia Tarachopoulou, told state broadcaster ERT on Tuesday morning.

Tarachopoulou also indicated that the 12-year-old is ready to provide evidence about around six more suspects she believes were involved in the racket. To this end, another lawyer on her team filed a request for a hearing on Tuesday with the special prosecutor for minors.

The 12-year-old has been seeing an expert psychologist since she first came forward last autumn and revealed...