Home
/
RELIGION & LIBERTY ONLINE
/
Soccer, Swindling And Sex Trafficking: 10 Things To Know
Soccer, Swindling And Sex Trafficking: 10 Things To Know
Nov 18, 2024 12:38 PM

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is holding the World Cup in Brazil, June 2014.Six men have been arrested for fixing Premier League soccer matches.Earlier this month, two British men were arrested for fixing Australian soccer matches.Retired English striker Alan Shearer is calling for “zero tolerance” for fixing of soccer matches.

Marcus Gayle, a former striker for Wimbledon, told BBC London regarding the fixing scandal: “I was disgusted that it is still around in the game.” The Minas Gerais state Association of Prostitutes, in Brazil, is offering free English lessons to prostitutes in order to prepare for the World Cup.In 2010, South Africa saw a spike in human trafficking surrounding the World Cup.Human traffickers see the World Cup as a “once in a lifetime” chance to “cash in.”Brazil has 16 locations around the country meant bat human trafficking, but they focus mainly on public awareness, not on victim assistance.To date, FIFA has not taken human trafficking into consideration when choosing a country to host the World Cup, nor does it have a formal plan bat trafficking surrounding the World Cup.

If you get caught cheating, there is disgust and disdain in the soccer world. If you’re a human trafficker, soccer is big business, victimizing children…and the world munity looks the other way.

Comments
Welcome to mreligion comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
RELIGION & LIBERTY ONLINE
Did Christianity destroy Western culture?
It is always worth remembering how Christianity reformed Western culture – especially during the Christmas season, when we meditate on how Christ refashioned human nature to be a fitting abode of the divine nature. From teaching – and in some cases, inventing written languages – to preserving ancient manuscripts, to founding the university system, it would be impossible to imagine Western civilization without Christianity’s contributions. With this in mind, textbooks once referred to the West merely as “Christendom.” But a...
Public goods and the problems of free-riders and forced-riders
Note: This is post #61 in a weekly video series on basic microeconomics. Public goods provide an argument for taxation and government provision. But how do we know which public goods should be provided? In this video by Marginal Revolution University, economist Alex Tabarrok discusses the free-rider problem and the forced-rider problem in regards to public goods. Previous in series: Public goods and asteroid defense ...
Skepticism of free markets grows within the Catholic Church
At the top of the Catholic hierarchy, Capitalism has been abandoned. This criticism of free markets, and even profit in general, have caused others within the Catholic Church to e concerned. As the debate grows, it’s helpful to clear up the main arguments of those who oppose and those who support Capitalism.In an article written for CatholicVote, Senior editor for the Acton Institute, Fr. Ben Johnson, does just that. Addressing the positions of First Things editor R. R. Reno and...
A Hungarian reflects on George Washington and the U.S. statue controversy
On this day 241 years ago – December 26, 1776 – George Washington led his forces to a much-needed victory in the Battle of Trenton. Crossing the icy waters of the Delaware River on Christmas night to achieve maximum surprise, his decisive defeat of the Hessians encamped in New Jersey bolstered the colonies’ faltering faith in his military leadership. That led to the foundation of our constitutional republic, enlivened by virtue flowing from religious faith. To this day in much...
Totalitarian wolves against the Carpathian shepherd
“Though relatively unknown to the broader public in the West, King Michael’s life was nothing short of extraordinary,” says Mihail Neamtu in this week’s Acton Commentary. In 1927, his father left the throne to pursue a Romantic adventure with a larger than life mistress, Elena Lupescu (1895-1977). The royal families in Europe sanctioned this betrayal of the marriage vows, which the astute and yet amoral Prince Carol II had spoken before the youthful Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark (1896-1982)....
Lessons on Christian vocation from ‘A Christmas Carol’
“Is Christmas too materialistic? Well, it’s not as materialistic as God ing flesh, redeeming our sinful flesh, and sending us back into the material world to live out our faith in love and service to our physical neighbors.” –Gene Veith We are routinely told that Charles Dickens’ beloved story, A Christmas Carol, was instrumental in giving us Christmas as we know it — marking the holiday not just as a moment of reflection on Christ’s birth, but as a secular...
The Year in Acton Commentary 2017
Every Wednesday we publish the Acton Commentary, a weekly article that covers topics related to the mission of the Acton Institute. As es to a close we thought it would be worth highlighting the top mentaries produced by Acton staffers and contributors over the past year. 1.5 ways the church can help the poor munity includes people who are both materially poor and ‘poor in spirit’,”says Zachary Ritvalsky. “However, what exactly does it mean to say that people are ‘poor...
The economics of Bedford Falls (Part 3 of 3)
[Note: This is the finalpost in a series highlighting some of the financial aspects and broad economic lessons of Frank Capra’s holiday classic, It’s a Wonderful Life. You can find part one hereand part two here.] Economist Don Boudreaux outlined ten foundational lessons that should be learned in every well-taught principles of economics course. Examples of nearly all of the ten lessons can be found in Capra’s Christmas classic, but for the sake of brevity I’ll merely highlight two of...
The economic principle that could reopen humble, heartfelt dialogue
If it’s true that “to err is human,” one might be tempted to conclude from today’s public discourse that we have already entered an era of Artificial Intelligence. Educated people once sought out other views, entertaining the notion that they may be wrong about any given matter. Now, increasingly, they won’t entertain anyone whose presence threatens fortable dogmatic bubble. The good news is that economic principles may hold the key to opening thoughtful dialogue in the new year. The problem...
5 Facts about Christmas
Christmas is the most widely observed cultural holiday in the world. Here are five factsyou should know about the memoration of the birth of Jesus: 1. No one knows what day or month Jesus was born (though some scholars speculate that it was in September). The earliest evidence for the observance of December 25 as the birthday of Christappears in the Philocalian posed in Rome in 336. 2. Despite the impression given by many nativity plays and Christmas carols, the...
Related Classification
Copyright 2023-2024 - www.mreligion.com All Rights Reserved