Editing Prostitution in Germany (section)

==== Football World Cup 2006 ====
[[Image:Pascha Köln.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Pascha (brothel)|Pascha brothel]] in [[Cologne, Germany]], is the largest brothel in Europe.<ref name=faz>[https://www.faz.net/s/RubCD175863466D41BB9A6A93D460B81174/Doc~E5CC9DBCF62BF40E4AE97BB61D42A9FA8~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html „Die Welt zu Gast bei Freundinnen“], ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]'', 8 June 2006. {{in lang|de}}</ref> During the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], the poster with the [[Saudi Arabian flag]] and [[Iranian flag]] was blacked out after protests and threats.]]
Officials speculated that up to 40,000 illegal sex workers, mainly from Eastern European countries, would enter Germany for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|Football World Cup]], held in Germany in the summer of 2006. Women and church groups were planning a "[[Red card (sports)|Red card]] to forced prostitution" campaign with the aim of alerting World Cup visitors to the existence of forced sex trafficking. They asked for support from the national football team and the national football organization but were initially rebuffed.<ref>[http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/11/18/world_cup/index.html Invasion of the body pleasers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801094932/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/11/18/world_cup/index.html |date=1 August 2009 }}, Luke Harding, ''Salon.com'' (18 November 2005)</ref> In March 2006, the president of the German football federation turned around and agreed to support a campaign named "Final Whistle – Stop Forced Prostitution".<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,404955,00.html Blowing the Whistle on Forced Prostitution], ''Spiegel Online'', 8 March 2006</ref> The [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] (PACE), the [[Nordic Council]] and [[Amnesty International]] also expressed concern over an increase in the trafficking of women and forced sex trafficking up to and during the World Cup.<ref>[http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGACT770082006 "Red card to trafficking during World Cup"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060816165726/http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=ENGACT770082006 |date=16 August 2006 }}, ''Amnesty International'', Public Statement (26 April 2006)</ref><ref>[http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=/documents/workingdocs/doc06/edoc10881.htm "Stop trafficking in women before the FIFA World Cup"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614015447/http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=%2Fdocuments%2Fworkingdocs%2Fdoc06%2Fedoc10881.htm |date=14 June 2006 }} (Doc. 10881), ''Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly'' (10 April 2006)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?id=6112&lang=6 |title=World Cup concerns Nordic Council |language=sv |publisher=Norden.org |access-date=5 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017235107/http://norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?id=6112&lang=6 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indcatholicnews.com/traworldcu458.html|work=Independent Catholic News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518155902/http://www.indcatholicnews.com/traworldcu458.html|archive-date=18 May 2006|location=London|date=3 May 2006|title=Appeal to stop trafficked women being sold for sex at World Cup|author=Verena Wright}}</ref>

In March 2006, the campaign "Responsible John. Prostitution without compulsion and violence"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ban-ying.de/verantwortlicherfreier/ |title=Ban Ying – Für Prostitution ohne Zwang und Gewalt |publisher=Ban-ying.de |access-date=5 May 2011}}</ref> was started by the government of Berlin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.berlin.de/landespressestelle/archiv/2006/03/03/35874/index.html |title=(Landespressestelle) Start der Kampagne "Verantwortlicher Freier" gegen Zwangsprostitution: Verantwortung kann man nicht in Zentimetern messen |publisher=Berlin.de |access-date=5 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305163230/http://www.berlin.de/landespressestelle/archiv/2006/03/03/35874/index.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}</ref> It provides a list of signs of forced sex trafficking and urges sex workers' customers to call a hotline if they spot one of those signs.

In April 2006, an advertisement for the [[Pascha (brothel)|Pascha]] brothel in [[Cologne]] that featured a several story-high image of a half-naked young woman with the flags of [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] countries sparked outrage after [[Islam in Germany|Muslims]] were offended by the inclusion of the [[Saudi Arabia]]n and [[Iran]]ian flags. Pascha's owner, Armin Lobscheid, said a group of [[Muslim]]s had threatened violence over the advertisement, and he blacked out the two flags. The [[Tunisian flag]] that features the [[Muslim crescent]] remained on the advertisement.

On 30 June 2006, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that the expected increase in prostitution activity around the World Cup had not taken place.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/03/world/europe/03berlin.html?ex=1309579200&en=e28e47eba8978d37&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss "World Cup Brings Little Pleasure to German Brothels"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 30 June 2006.</ref> This was confirmed by the 2006 [[Federal Criminal Police Office (Germany)|BKA]] report on [[human trafficking]], which reported only five cases of human trafficking related to the World Cup.<ref name=bka>{{cite web|title=Trafficking in Human Beings 2006 |url=https://www.bka.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Publications/AnnualReportsAndSituationAssessments/TraffickingInHumanBeings/traffickingInHumanBeingsReport2006.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1|website=BKA|access-date=10 April 2018|date=May 2007}}</ref>