Tag: prostitution
Two Swedish men face 5 years jail in Mallorca for robbing and burning brothel
TWO Swedes who robbed and set fire to a brothel in Palma are facing five years in jail. The events took place in 2019, when...
Police in Valencia area of Spain rescue Nigerian woman forced into prostitution by voodoo rites
TWO people have been arrested in Valencia Province for human trafficking after Nigerian women were tricked by voodoo rites into becoming sex slaves. A victim...
Police rescue woman forced into prostitution who phoned them from Valencia-bound coach in Spain
POLICE boarded a coach that arrived at Valencia bus station from Sevilla to rescue a victim of human trafficking. A Columbian man, 33, has been...
EXPLAINER: The sex industry in Spain and why PM Pedro Sanchez wants to ban prostitution
IT MAY be the oldest profession in the world, but Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged on Sunday to criminalise prostitution in Spain insisting the...
Police arrest 17 involved in underage prostitution ring targeting children in care in Spain’s Mallorca
POLICE in Mallorca have arrested 17 people involved in an underage prostitution ring that ‘recruited’ troubled girls, many of whom were in care at...
Violent serial abuser kidnapped girlfriend and forced her into prostitution in Costa Blanca area of Spain
A serial abuser has been arrested for kidnapping and forcing his partner to become a prostitute. The 38-year-old man had 69 police files on him,...
Round in circles: Residents demand action after council ‘fails for five years’ to tackle prostitution at busy Costa del...
LOCALS are demanding action over a series of prostitutes that ply their trade near a children’s playground on the Costa del Sol. Despite complaining for...
‘Stop soliciting on our streets’: Why residents in Spain are right to speak out
ONE survey in 2008 found that 78% of Spanish people consider prostitution an inevitability in modern society. Nearly 15 years later, the debate for...
Sex work and the city: Residents on Spain’s Costa del Sol rally to tackle concerns over prostitution
SEX WORKERS are continuing to ply their trade from the Abbeygate roundabout on the A7 despite the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, an...
Police officer in Spain’s Mallorca accused of paying 15-year-old girl for sex
The Guardia Civil officer, who is described as being 'middle-aged', has been charged with the corruption of a minor
VIDEO: Human trafficking gang that forced victims into prostitution is busted during dawn raids in south-east Spain and Romania
A CRIMINAL GANG that profited from human trafficking forced their victims into prostitution on the streets of Girona have been arrested. The suspects belonged to...
Man arrested after forcing wife into prostitution in Spain’s Mallorca
The man is accused of threatening his wife in order for her to prostitute herself
IN PICS: Woman arrested for allegedly running sex abuse ring involving girls aged 13 in Spain’s Almeria
FIVE children have been freed from a prostitution network that had been selling them for sex since 2019. Sources in Guardia Civil’s Operation Terciaria revealed...
Bogus Interpol officer threatened women if they did not meet him in woodland tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante man pretended to be an Interpol officer in an elaborate ruse to threaten women if they refused to meet him. Meetings were arranged...
Missing teenage prostitute found dead in irrigation ditch near Valencia
THE worst hypothesis finally came true regarding Florina Gogos, the 19-year-old girl who worked as a prostitute in the Valencia area and who went...
Unlicensed brothel to close following complaints on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ORIHUELA Council is fast-tracking the forced closure of a notorious unlicensed brothel following a slew of complaints. Although officially licensed as a hostel, Policia Nacional...
WATCH: Brothels raided as human trafficking ring busted in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A CRIMINAL gang of ten dedicated to trafficking women for sexual exploitation and drug dealing has been arrested in Alicante. The nine victims being held...
Policia Nacional bust human trafficking ring that smuggled sex slaves into Murcia’s Cartagena during Spain’s coronavirus lockdown
POLICIA Nacional have rescued five women while dismantling a 15-strong human trafficking gang in the Murcia town of Cartagena The criminals also smuggled drugs into...
WATCH: Andalusian prostitution and human trafficking ring broken up by international task force
COMBINED FORCES smashed a human trafficking ring operating in Andalusia, last week. Europol and Policia Nacional broke up the gang of seven that were sexually...
WATCH: Police arrest 15 in prostitution and trafficking raids across Axarquia
Police received a tip off that women from the former Soviet republic were forced into prostitution
Police bust Benidorm sex club after Polish gang stole thousands by adding zeros to customer’s bills
Three Polish women aged 22, 23 and 27 were among those arrested at the club frequented by Brits
Minor freed from underage prostitution racket in Andalucia
AN underage prostitution racket has been smashed by the Policia Nacional in Almeria province as part of their anti-trafficking operation. The 54-year-old alleged perpetrator advertised...
WATCH: Police arrest 34 from eastern European gang ‘seeking total control of prostitution’ between Marbella and Torremolinos
The women were ordered to work the streets of Puerto Banus
Spanish police arrest 25 suspects in forced prostitution gang
Some 25 individuals have been arrested and 22 women freed from a forced prostitution gang in Barcelona.
‘High-class’ prostitution ring in Marbella and Estepona put 16-year-old girl’s virginity on sale for €5,000
Seven people have been arrested and charged
Woman prostituted her 13-year-old daughter for cigarettes in Almeria
The child is now in a protection centre for minors
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