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Published Date: 18 April 2008
By SAM REEVES
THE Commonwealth Games in Glasgow could become a "magnet" for prostitution and child-trafficking, it was claimed yesterday.
The stark warning was issued by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), which called for vigilance to prevent the sex trade flourishing during the 2014 event.

Other major fixtures, such as the World Cup and the Olympic Games, had become centres of sexual exploitation in the past, the STUC general secretary, Grahame Smith, said. Large numbers of men descending on host cities meant they could be transformed into hot spots for traffickers.

Mr Smith warned there was a "need to ensure when the Commonwealth Games come to Glasgow that it doesn't become a magnet for traffickers".

Mary Senior, the STUC assistant secretary, said: "The STUC is absolutely delighted the Commonwealth Games has come to Glasgow. We just want to ensure that people are not exploited."





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1

Fanling,

Hong Kong 18/04/2008 01:40:30
Just how precisely does the alarmist STUC propose to avert that happening? Telling the public to be vigilant, like the recent spot-the-terrorist game? The purported misdeeds are liable to happen everywhere crowds congregate. Great "stark warning" reportage from The Scotsman yet again.
2

Navvy,

18/04/2008 02:06:45
no sex in fanling? just pop over to shenzhen
3

Fanling,

Hong Kong 18/04/2008 02:35:23
#2
I do - frequently. For business reasons. Also to Taiwan, Shantou, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, Changsha, Shanghai and Beijing, etc. Problem?
4

Guga II,

Rockall 18/04/2008 03:00:15
What a load of garbage. Can these drongos not manage to get their minds out of the gutter? How about some vigilance for the Edinburgh Festival? Won't that be a magnet for the sex trade too? In fact, any festival, feis, gathering etc. could be considered as a magnet for the sex trade, if that's the way your mind works.
5

Fanling,

Hong Kong 18/04/2008 04:14:36
#2 Navvy
No further comment on your witty "no sex in fanling?" It was lost on all who read it here in HK who were looking for even a tenuous connection with the article.

For visitors to this forum, Fanling is a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It's a few minutes away by train from the border of mainland China at Shenzhen.
6

eric,

Lothian 18/04/2008 07:46:14
What a silly article!
7

BenTen,

18/04/2008 09:30:08
"need to ensure when the Commonwealth Games come to Glasgow that it doesn't become a magnet for traffickers".


Yes indeed the last thing Glasgow needs is more hookers and drug dealers......
8

Stepford Nat,

On the road to Aviemore 18/04/2008 09:34:19
Where's a good spot for a "massage" in Aviemore?

www.snp.org.an stimulation for the masses!
9

Saoghal Beag,

18/04/2008 10:26:10
Suppose that means the burds in haghill will be off to primark to buy clean vests for the event. Ach all those muffin tops, like a Greggs shop window road show. I can't see this becoming a mecca for teh sexs trade.
10

WJohn,

West Lothian 18/04/2008 10:38:57
He is worried about the blacklegs and illicit unions.
And inflation at conferences.
11

Fanling,

Hong Kong 18/04/2008 16:08:37
#6 eric,Lothian
You found the words I was looking for. For complete pointlessness this space-filler of an article tops all polls. It's a bit like dogs might bark in 2011.
12

Brian M,

Edinburgh 18/04/2008 18:38:47
Up the workers, or not so in the case of working girls, the unions don't want to know or support them
13

Beth Boyle,

NY 18/04/2008 20:30:19
So what if it is? Everything is a magnet to the sex trade.
14

Douglas,

Bathgate 20/04/2008 21:41:57
Magnetic sex..........well you can see the attraction. :o)
15

Brian Hill,

27/01/2009 23:32:42
Another 'MAYBE' type article. The media thrives on maybe's and could be's.

All the better if the S word is present.

 

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