St. Maximos' Hut

Christianity Today reports that "global trafficking in women and girls for purposes of sexual exploitation rakes in $7 billion every year" and that,

Human-rights groups are understandably outraged by Germany's decision to make prostitution a spectator sport at the World Cup. Germany, which legalized the world's oldest profession in 2002, already has an estimated 400,000 legal prostitutes. Apparently that's not sufficient to satisfy 3 million visiting soccer fans. So Germany's World Cup cities have issued extra prostitution licenses and approved "sex huts" (complete with condoms and snacks) to be set up like portable potties around stadiums.

Anti-trafficking activists say these initiatives will bring 40,000 more women into the country.

The article, available at Christianity Today's website, is a useful insight into the link between "voluntary prostitution", human trafficking and sexual slavery with some notable observations by Pastor Martin Luther on the topic.