World Cup 2014: Children at risk as sex gangs seek trade at Brazilian football stadiums

Whilst the World Cup is supposedly about football the reality is that it's about  profit with little thought given to the impact a tournament of this importance has upon the most vulnerable.  Just look at Qatar and the exploitation of labours from South Asia all in the name of the bottom line and prestige.  

Brazil starting with the Confederations Cup last year has seen a growing discontent amongst its citizens over, what they consider squandered public monies on a spectacle the country can barely afford to put on while ignoring the consequences.

As Jerome Valcke stated in an interview FIFA isn't the United Nations he's right but don't they have a responsibility to insure that exploitation isn't a integral part of the World Cup  

      Girls as young as 11 are reportedly being targeted by human traffickers forcing them to work as prostitutes during the World Cup in Brazil.

Gangs are recruiting under-age sex workers to tempt foreign visitors watching the football tournament, The Times reported.

It is thought that around half a million minors – many from poor and rural areas - sell their bodies in the country. Many girls are pimped out by relatives to lorry drivers on the notorious 2,800 mile-long BR-116 highway.

But activists have warned that instances of this form of child abuse have reached epidemic levels because authorities consistently fail to product the children involved.

According to a study by a parliamentary commission of inquiry in Sao Paulo, there has been an increase in child prostitution and sex abuse in the vicinity of the Corinthians stadium, which will host the World Cup opening ceremony on 12 June.