A new draft municipal ordinance in Vélez-Málaga is aimed at the preservation of public spaces as a place of harmony and civility where all people can develop free leisure activities, meetings and recreation with full respect for the dignity and rights of others, and covers everything from walking shirtless in the streets to the purchase or sale of sexual favours.
Six arrested in Málaga for alleged involvement in recruiting Rumanian women for prostitution
Six people have been arrested in Málaga for their alleged involvement in the recruitment of women in Rumania for the purpose of prostitution in Spain, more specifically on the Guadalhorce industrial estate in Málaga.
Two Rumanian gangs disbanded in police operation
The National Police has broken up two Rumanian gangs engaged in forcing women into prostitution and who even tattooed their women with bar codes to show ownership and ‘debts’ owed.
Fine time in Sevilla
Sevilla Council has received the first two fines relating to the solicitation of the services of prostitutes on the streets of the city.
Three arrested in Madrid in connection with sexual exploitation of immigrants
Three people have been arrested in Madrid in connection with the sexual exploitation of at least five Brazilian men who were lured to Spain with promises of work.
New ordinance against prostitution now in force in Sevilla
As from today, Friday, a new ordinance against street prostitution comes into force in Sevilla and clients who avail themselves of the services of prostitutes face fines of between €750 and €3,000.
Mother forces daughters into prostitution
Police in Vélez-Málaga have located and freed two children who were forced into prostitution in various alternative clubs by their mother, who has been arrested.
15 arrested in ‘Operación Damas’
A total of fifteen people have so far been arrested in connection with ‘Operación Damas’, an investigating into human trafficking for the purposes of prostitution being carried out by a network of Rumanian criminals.
Prostitution in Andalucia
According to the Minister for Equality and Social Welfare, Micaela Navarro, there are 4,000 prostitutes in Andalucia and 300,000 in the country as a whole, 90% of whom are immigrants whose status in the country is irregular.
Six arrested in Sevilla in connection with human trafficking
Six Nigerian nationals, three men and three women, have been arrested in Sevilla in connection with a human trafficking network who used children as leverage to force their victims into prostitution.