As the Olympics in London happens to be a big deal especially for sporty people and foreigners, sex workers are not finding it funny as they have been cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more
presentable for the Games.
According to a study by a local Councillor, 80 brothels in the 18 months to March.
"For the last two years we've seen a real increase in police activity in relation to sex work in the Olympic host boroughs," said Georgina Perry, who runs Open Doors, a government project supporting east London prostitutes.
"Some of the women who sell sex
have experienced so many brothel closures that they are now working on
the street, and that is a much less safe place," she told AFP.
"Street women are experiencing a
lot of police requests for them to move on from the area. They're not
wanted there during the Olympic Games."
The expected influx of two million visitors for the Olympics
has led Prime Minister David Cameron to predict predicted a £13 billion
($20.2 billion, 16.3 billion euro) boost for the economy over the next
four years.
But the sex trade looks likely to miss out on any benefits, campaigners say.
Imagine, prostitution is legal in Britain, but keeping a brothel is outlawed, as are other related activities such as curb-crawling.
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