https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With the Spanish Congress recently voting in favour of proposals to crack down on trafficking and pimping and punish those paying for sex work, we look into what Spain's current prostitution laws are and what could soon change. https://www.thelocal.es/20220620/whats-the-law-on-prostitution-in-spain Mon, 20 Jun 2022 13:48:21 +0200 whats-the-law-on-prostitution-in-spain Spanish sex workers have the right to form their own union, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, overturning an earlier court decision ordering the dissolution of Spain's first such labour organisation. https://www.thelocal.es/20210602/spains-top-court-reinstates-first-sex-workers-union Wed, 02 Jun 2021 18:34:06 +0200 spains-top-court-reinstates-first-sex-workers-union All brothels in the Castilla La Mancha region will shut down this Sunday, as it become first Spanish region to bring in a blanket ban to reduce the spread of Coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.es/20200823/brothels-start-to-close-in-spain-after-government-letter Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:49:59 +0200 brothels-start-to-close-in-spain-after-government-letter In what has been deemed an obvious move to attract female voters, Spain’s PSOE has vowed to prohibit prostitution in the country if their leader Pedro Sánchez is reelected on April 28th. https://www.thelocal.es/20190417/spains-ruling-socialists-vow-to-ban-prostitution-if-reelected Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:05:09 +0200 spains-ruling-socialists-vow-to-ban-prostitution-if-reelected Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made drafting a new law to tackle prostitution a flagship policy of his first term. The 50-page policy paper reportedly emphasizes "decriminalizing victims" and aims "to abolish prostitution" in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20181207/spanish-governments-draft-bill-on-prostitution-proposes-punishing-clients Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:27:11 +0100 spanish-governments-draft-bill-on-prostitution-proposes-punishing-clients Spain's National Court has ruled against the creation of the first sex workers union that left the feminist Socialist government red in the face on discovering its own administration had approved it. https://www.thelocal.es/20181121/spanish-court-rules-against-first-sex-workers-union Wed, 21 Nov 2018 15:55:31 +0100 spanish-court-rules-against-first-sex-workers-union Spain's first sex workers union on Friday asked for "the same labour rights" for its members as other workers, criticising the Socialist government for wanting to get rid of it. https://www.thelocal.es/20180901/we-want-our-union-back-sex-workers-demand-equal-labour-rights Sat, 01 Sep 2018 15:45:50 +0200 we-want-our-union-back-sex-workers-demand-equal-labour-rights Spain's fiercely anti-prostitution Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was left red in the face Thursday after it emerged a sex workers union was approved by his own administration. https://www.thelocal.es/20180831/spain-anti-prostitution-pm-riled-as-ministry-green-lights-sex-workers-union Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:31:51 +0200 spain-anti-prostitution-pm-riled-as-ministry-green-lights-sex-workers-union The Catalan town of Gavà wants to stamp out prostitution from its streets and snitch on those who keep the sex trade going by sending fines to their family addresses. https://www.thelocal.es/20180711/spanish-town-to-post-fines-to-prostitute-clients-homes Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:11:52 +0200 spanish-town-to-post-fines-to-prostitute-clients-homes Police have freed 16 women from Nigeria who were forced into prostitution on the streets of Zaragoza after being lured to Europe with the promise of a better life. https://www.thelocal.es/20180201/spanish-police-free-16-women-forced-into-sex-slavery-with-voodoo-threats Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:17:47 +0100 spanish-police-free-16-women-forced-into-sex-slavery-with-voodoo-threats Spanish and Finnish police, with the help of European law agencies, have arrested 24 members of a suspected prostitution ring preying on young Nigerian women,, Europol said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170825/spanish-police-bust-nigerian-prostitution-ring-operating-in-benidorm Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:52:30 +0200 spanish-police-bust-nigerian-prostitution-ring-operating-in-benidorm Spanish police said Monday that they had broken up a network that was forcing transsexuals into prostitution, after luring most of them to Spain from Venezuela. https://www.thelocal.es/20170814/transsexuals-from-venezuela-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:41:13 +0200 transsexuals-from-venezuela-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Police have broken up a Bulgarian gang that sought the "total control" of prostitution in the upscale beach resort of Marbella on southern Spain's Costa del Sol, Spanish police said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170704/costa-del-sol-prostitution-ring-busted-13-sex-slaves-freed Tue, 04 Jul 2017 17:59:45 +0200 costa-del-sol-prostitution-ring-busted-13-sex-slaves-freed Spanish police on Saturday announced they had smashed a high-end prostitution ring whose catalogue of services included offering the sale of an teenage girl's virginity. https://www.thelocal.es/20170311/spanish-pimps-offered-girls-virginity-up-for-5000 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 15:33:58 +0100 spanish-pimps-offered-girls-virginity-up-for-5000 A new brothel has opened in Barcelona that offers men the chance to fulfil all their fantasies – as long as their fantasies involve hyper-realistic silicone dolls. https://www.thelocal.es/20170227/barcelona-opens-first-sex-doll-brothel-in-europe Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:03:30 +0100 barcelona-opens-first-sex-doll-brothel-in-europe Madrid City Council is offering 31 scholarships worth €76,500 to prostitutes who want to leave the streets and get an education. https://www.thelocal.es/20160628/madrid-offers-scholarships-to-prostitutes-to-get-them-off-the-streets Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:30:20 +0200 madrid-offers-scholarships-to-prostitutes-to-get-them-off-the-streets The Spanish National Police freed five Latin American women in Seville who were forced to work as prostitutes 24 hours a day. https://www.thelocal.es/20160419/police-free-women-forced-to-work-as-prostitutes-24-hours-a-day Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:36:00 +0200 police-free-women-forced-to-work-as-prostitutes-24-hours-a-day Police said on Sunday they had rescued 29 Chinese women who had been drugged and forced into prostitution in hotels and nightclubs across Spain in an operation that smashed a human trafficking ring. https://www.thelocal.es/20160418/police-free-29-chinese-women-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:23:36 +0200 police-free-29-chinese-women-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Spain's Supreme Court highlighted the pimp's "horrific behaviour" and extreme cruelty when handing down the harsh sentence. https://www.thelocal.es/20151229/gang-boss-who-branded-prostitutes-like-cattle-jailed-for-44-years Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:13:11 +0100 gang-boss-who-branded-prostitutes-like-cattle-jailed-for-44-years Barcelona’s activist mayor Ada Colau said on Thursday that she wants to reduce sanctions against sex workers walking the streets as well as against skateboarding youths. https://www.thelocal.es/20150619/barcelona-to-ease-fines-for-prostitutes-skaters Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:16:22 +0200 barcelona-to-ease-fines-for-prostitutes-skaters