Authorities say women are lured by high-paying, temporary arrangements

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Pascha, the notorious 11-story brothel in Cologne, pictured here in 2020 when it filed for bankruptcy during the COVID pandemic. It was bought by a Chinese investor in 2021, but is now in the hands of German authorities. (File photo by Getty Images) 

HAMBURG, Germany — More Chinese women are willingly entering Germany as sex workers under false residential permits, police say.