By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic nuns backed by Pope Francis on Tuesday raised the alarm over increased risks of human trafficking, exploitation of workers, forced prostitution and sexual tourism at the soccer World Cup in Brazil next month. The nuns, whose campaign is also backed by the U.S. embassy to the Vatican, announced an international campaign called "Play in Favor of Life - Denounce Human Trafficking," on the risks they say will be associated with the June 12 - July 13 tournament. "We need to make people conscious of what happens on the margins of big world events such as the FIFA World Cup and the suffering of those who are trafficked," said Sister Carmen Sammut, a Maltese nun and one of the campaign organizers. "Without this awareness, without acting together in favor of human dignity, the World Cup finals may turn out to be a terrible shame instead of a feast for humanity," she told a news conference at the Vatican.
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