Blowing the whistle on sport prostitution

TRAFFICKING in women and children for sexual exploitation is one of the most serious human rights violations in today’s world. This commerce in people is on the increase across Europe as organised crime expands and becomes more profitable.

The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) has launched a nationwide public awareness campaign, entitled ‘Buying Sex is not a Sport’, to highlight how world sporting events result in dramatic increases in the demand for sexual services.

The NWCI is joining with women’s organisations across Europe in this campaign, to protest against pimps and owners of small and mega-brothels and ‘performance boxes’ (toilet-like stalls in large drive-in areas), who are about to make maximum profit during the World Cup period with the massive influx of male supporters into 12 German World Cup cities.