Estimates suggest that nearly 14,000 additional sex workers arrived in Germany's Euro 2024 host cities for the tournament.
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00:00Euro 2024 will culminate on Sunday with the Berlin final between England and Spain.
00:07The tournament was a boost for businesses like hotels and restaurants in Germany's host cities,
00:13and the sex industry was no exception.
00:17It is believed that more than 100,000 sex workers have been operating in Germany during Euro 2024.
00:27Especially from the countries of Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.
00:34They are here in prostitution simply out of poverty.
00:38Most of it will take place in the city, in the hotel facilities.
00:44Then the escort sector will earn more.
00:47If the men want to go out to eat,
00:51they will order a room for a girl in the hotel.
00:56The erotic service Erobella estimated that almost 14,000 sex workers came to Germany,
01:03specifically for the football tournament.
01:06Prostitution in Germany is legal since 2002.
01:11Brothel keeping is legal too.
01:13Under new laws recently adopted, any brothel will have to be registered and licensed.
01:19HIV and STI testing, however, is not mandatory to operate such businesses in Germany.