KIEV - Ukraine's sex industry is banking on pulling in clients and cash during Euro 2012 but campaigners paint stark warnings given that the championship co-host has the highest rate of HIV infection in Eastern Europe.
"Kiev's prostitutes are preparing actively for Euro 2012," one Ukrainian sex site said, claiming that some are studying the history of the 16 nations taking part, plus the basics of football, to get a competitive edge.
Ukraine changed prostitution from a crime to a misdemeanour in 2006, with fines ranging from ?8 to ?20 (R84-R109), while pimping or running a brothel remains a criminal offence.
The ex-Soviet republic is home to between 52000 and 83000 sex workers, with 11000 in the capital Kiev alone.
European football's governing body Uefa has launched a campaign targeted at fans who have sex - not just with prostitutes - urging them to use condoms. "Show HIV and Aids the red card. The HIV virus doesn't play fair, so you have to," it says.
Use condoms, Uefa urges Euro fans
KIEV - Ukraine's sex industry is banking on pulling in clients and cash during Euro 2012 but campaigners paint stark warnings given that the championship co-host has the highest rate of HIV infection in Eastern Europe.
"Kiev's prostitutes are preparing actively for Euro 2012," one Ukrainian sex site said, claiming that some are studying the history of the 16 nations taking part, plus the basics of football, to get a competitive edge.
Ukraine changed prostitution from a crime to a misdemeanour in 2006, with fines ranging from ?8 to ?20 (R84-R109), while pimping or running a brothel remains a criminal offence.
The ex-Soviet republic is home to between 52000 and 83000 sex workers, with 11000 in the capital Kiev alone.
European football's governing body Uefa has launched a campaign targeted at fans who have sex - not just with prostitutes - urging them to use condoms. "Show HIV and Aids the red card. The HIV virus doesn't play fair, so you have to," it says.
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