An “appeal to all the Churches of Europe to enhance the fight against human trafficking" during and after the World Cup, which is opening in Germany on June 8th, was made today by the Kek (Conference of European Churches, 125 Churches of Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic traditions), to mark the end of the meeting of the Central Committee in Londonderry (Ireland). “In the run-up to the World Cup reads a release concern is increasing about the traffic of women to Germany, the victims of forced prostitution”; an "abominable crime that must be fought with utmost strictness”. To this end, "the Central Kek Committee supports the German Protestant Church and the Diakonisches Werk, its diaconal and social body”, and expresses satisfaction for "the remarkable coverage received by the Abpfiff (the last whistle’s blow) campaign", which has been carried out in Germany "to draw attention to the problem, help the victims and address the clients”. As he recalled the work that the European Churches and church organisations have been carrying out for years, and the resolution passed by the EU Parliament on March 15th in support of the fight against forced prostitution, the Kek expressed the wish that "such work" may go on even after the World Cup: "Stay on the alert, because other sports or commercial events have similar effects”.
