June 25, 2012 By Karrin Anderson The Ukrainian anti-human trafficking group FEMEN engaged in their signature form of embodied protest at Euro 2012 last week, standing on table tops stripped to the waist,  denouncing the competition as a magnet for sex trafficking. Major sporting events (like large corporate and political conventions) are notorious for attracting traffickers who gather to service a customer base emboldened by liquor, a celebratory spirit, the anonymity provided by travel, and opportunity. According to Reuters, although >>>

ANDREW KRAVCHENKO/EPA Italy ended up winning the shootout, 4-2 , but we think there should be a different way to decide a winner, especially in the quarterfinals of a major tournament. So in some strange, barely-related way, we support the Ukraine’s most notorious feminist group in its disapproval of what transpired on the field at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/GettyImages Italian fans, on the other hand, have no complaints about the final score. That said, the Azzurri did make the supporter below suffer more than she should have, considering her team dominated >>>

ANDREW KRAVCHENKO/EPA Italy ended up winning the shootout, 4-2 , but we think there should be a different way to decide a winner, especially in the quarterfinals of a major tournament. So in some strange, barely-related way, we support the Ukraine’s most notorious feminist group in its disapproval of what transpired on the field at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/GettyImages Italian fans, on the other hand, have no complaints about the final score. That said, the Azzurri did make the supporter below suffer more than she should have, considering her team dominated >>>

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Wonder Woman Just a Gal Potpourri Story Activists from the women's Ukrainian rights group Femen went topless to protest against sex tourism during Euro 2012.Femen activists claim that Euro 2012, which Ukraine was co-hosting with Poland, was a centre spot for sex tourists- and was intented to make money out of the country's booming sex >>>

UEFA is acting like “pimps” on the issue of prostitution in Ukraine during Euro 2012, according to one of the country’s leading feminist organisations.Prostitution is illegal in Ukraine, but government estimates suggest some 12,000 women are involved in the sex industry, while unofficial sources claim the true figure is much higher.In an exclusive interview with Goal.com, Inna Shevchenko, spokeswoman for Femen, claims UEFA is well aware of the problem but has shown no desire to help tackle it. “The reason I am against UEFA is because they are just here to make money,” she said. >>>

The latest topless demonstration took place in Kyiv in front of the stadium that will host the quarterfinal between England and Italy later today.

This protest comes just a few days after the group disrupted the feeding of Funtik the psychic pig.

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While fears of unpreparedness, violence, and other possible problems in Ukraine during the Euro 2012 games proved unwarranted, one was realized: topless girls from a scandalous Ukrainian activist group called Femen. photo: tochka.net Showing up blouseless throughout the duration of the championship, with anti-Euro slogans, the organization even managed to get one of it’s operatives into the cage of a psychic pig, Funtik, and flash him in front of the fans.  As Femen explained in its blog, the group was outraged by the ghetto of soccer fans and alcohol in the >>>

A topless protest by Ukraine’s Femen women’s rights group spiced up feeding time for Ukraine’s Euro 2012 psychic pig, Funtik, as soccer fans waited to see who he would choose to win Thursday’s quarter-final.Ukraine’s tournament mascot had been dozing in his pen in temperatures of 30oC, but stirred and got up when he heard the familiar sound of the gate opening for his afternoon meal.Funtik is given two bowls to eat from daily, each marked by the national flag of two teams playing each other at the finals.Those who have faith in his psychic powers say the bowl he eats from first will >>>

An activist of Ukrainian women movement Femen shouts slogan as she protests in the cage Funtik the "psychic" pig in the Euro 2012 fanzone in Kyiv. Picture: AFP Source: The Daily Telegraph An activist of Ukrainian women movement Femen shouts slogan as she protests in the cage Funtik the "psychic" pig in the Euro 2012 fanzone in Kyiv. Picture: AFP Source: The Daily Telegraph >>>