” “In addition, Zaborska, Prets and Groner launch again the "Red card against forced prostitution" campaign, started in 2006 and defined "a huge success", as it provided "a positive contribution to the reduction of the trade of women and forced prostitution during the football championships" in Germany. But how many people can be subjected to forced prostitution during Euro2008 (7-29 June)? "We do not have the exact figures answers Christa Prets to SIR . Not even the police are sure about the figures. But we have evidence and reports from the associations that deal with the problem", suggesting that thousands of girls, especially from Eastern Europe, will be sent to work as prostitutes in the cities that will host the football matches, where a huge number of male fans will be concentrated. The Austrian MEP mentions the cases of Moldavia and Ukraine. "We cannot remain as neutral onlookers in front of such abuse", explain the MEPs, who managed to submit the problem to Parliament, not least to insist on the commitment and control that the member states and the police authorities will have to put in place all over Europe.
