Prostitution in Spain - 18th October Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez vows to ban prostitution, warning it 'enslaves' women. Spain could outlaw prostitution after its prime minister pledged to ban it in the country. The industry has boomed since it was decriminalised in and estimates suggest that about , women work in the sex industry in Spain. Five years after the Alicante tripartite repealed the municipal ordinance of begging and prostitution for having a "sanctioning and non-preventive vision", the bipartisan led by Luis Barcala has begun processing to recover a document promoted by the government of Sonia Castedo in However, with more items and harsher fines.
Serious and very serious offences:. Carry out sexual practices and the offering, application, negotiation and direct or indirect acceptance of sexual services on public roads when affecting citizen coexistence from Realization or incitement to perform acts that attack sexual freedom or the execution of acts of obscene exhibition from Street harassment, understood as the practices carried out by one or more people, laden with sexual connotations produced in public or private spaces that cause discomfort to people who suffer from it from Carrying out activities that obstruct traffic, endanger the safety of people or manifestly impede the free transit of people up to euros.
Offering services or products, persistently or intimidatingly, provided that they have not been demanded by the user up to euros.
It is quite often a shock to see the ladies of the night openly plying their trade in full public view, but here in Spain, prostitution isn't illegal, but nor is it legal, basically prostitution is unregulated and the police in many areas are powerless to do anything, other than check that residency paperwork is in order and the girls are not below the age limit. Sex workers exist in a sort of legal vacuum.
The workers themselves are not penalised, but instead, the procurers or "pimps" are the ones who are punished by the law.
