” “Strengthening the legislation and cooperation between police corps, enhancing Europol and Eurojust; as well as “more checks at the borders” and “introduction of a short-term visa during World Football Championships for citizens coming from countries that are considered the source of the trafficking of humans”. Franco Frattini, EU Commissioner for Justice, spoke yesterday at the EU Parliament, during the debate about forced prostitution during world sports events and the fight against the trafficking of humans. Frattini also put forward a “strong” proposal: “I believe stated the Italian Commissioner from the floor that we should consider punishing those who use people as clients when they are aware these people have been forced and sometimes are even the victims of a veritable trafficking that has turned them into slaves”. Frattini has been working for a while on these issues and also on March 8th as he spoke at a debate in Brussels he illustrated other factual proposals. “Obviously, the lawfulness of prostitution is dealt with very differently in the member countries added the speaker However, I think that, if the client is aware that the person he is with is a victim of trafficking or has been forced, compelled, then we must consider the case more carefully, including the possibility of a penalty”.
