Kiev, struggling to shake off a reputation as a new destination for sex tourism, is taking steps to curb prostitution during the month-long European football championship, the city government said on Friday.
Ukraine expects some one million foreign football fans to visit when it co-hosts Euro 2012 with Poland next month, and stages the final in Kiev on July 1.
The Kiev city government met officials from the interior ministry and state security service (SBU) this week to discuss measures to curb the sex trade, which is illegal in the former Soviet republic, a senior municipal official said on Friday.
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