As fans flood Brazil for the 2014
World Cup, the demand for one of the country’s darkest crimes is expected to
rise.
The risk of child exploitation increased by 30 to 40
percent during the World Cups in Germany in 2006 and South Africa in 2010, CBS
News reported. Experts expect to see a similar trend in Brazil during this
world cup.
Brazil, an estimated 600,000 people
are set to descend upon Brazil for the celebrated sporting event. But for many
soccer fans it’s not just the competition that’s drawing them in, it’s the
accessibility of child prostitutes.
An estimated 250,000 children who are involved in
prostitution in Brazil, according to the U.S. State Department.
Desperate girls, as young as 10
years old, come from extreme poverty, with nowhere to turn see the World Cup as
an auspicious money-making opportunity because of the influx of men to the
area. These child prostitutes are selling their bodies for quick cash.
Brazilian government to get
control over situation, they allocated 8 million reais, awareness program by
going hands with A21 Campaign.
Researchers believe that a coordinated operation
plan would help in the effective addressal of the malady to address the causes
in addition to the effects. Let’s wish this would make a Trafficking- Free
world with Freedom to the Child and Women.
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