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Spain's sex work crackdown 'would push the issue further underground'

“I know very well how this will play out – obviously very negatively for us. [It] means we’ll end up in the hands of the mafias."

Spain

Spain has a huge market for prostitution. But for how much longer?

Medicos del Mundo estimates there are some 350,000 women in prostitution in Spain and 80% per cent of them are foreigners without legal papers.

France

France unveils plan to tackle 'worrying' rise in child prostitution

At least 7,000 to 10,000 children are affected and the number is "constantly increasing," the government said.

Romania

Police arrest 13 in crackdown on Romania-Spain sex trafficking gang

The criminal network used the so-called 'lover boy' technique to lure victims into being sexually exploited in Spanish nightclubs.

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Germany

Coronavirus: One of Europe's largest brothels files for bankruptcy

Pascha brothel in Cologne has used up all of its financial reserves paying for the upkeep of its 10-story building and 60 staff.

My Europe Series

Prostitution and the pandemic: Amsterdam's sex workers' struggle to survive under lockdown

Unreported Europe travels to Amsterdam to meet the sex workers struggling to survive under lockdown.

Nigeria

Libya was hell, but for Nigeria’s migrants, home isn't much better

Europe paid over 300 million euros to send people like Evelin back to their home nations. It forgot about her once she was there. As Euronews' repatriation investigation continues, we hear another horrific story from those who took part in the scheme.

Europe News

Belgium lockdown lifted for sex workers but COVID-19 concerns flourish

"I don't go back to work with a smile on my face but I have no choice," one sex worker told Euronews.

World News

‘It’s a contact job’: Sex workers struggle amid the coronavirus crisis

'We are in a lot of trouble' says the English Collective of Prostitutes, which is demanding support from the government for sex workers whose livelihoods have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak

United Kingdom

London's 'tart cards' reveal history of sex work, design and printing

Titillation or a sociological document. Euronews takes a look at the phenomenon of 'tart cards', the way London's sex workers got themselves noticed.

World

Petition to criminalise buying sex in Netherlands handed to government

“We were trying to tell people what is really happening in prostitution because a lot of Dutch people think it is all really happy people choosing to sell sex. But the reality is that a lot of them are trapped in human trafficking.”

World

Brexit extension, Assange arrest and anti-prostitution petition

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Brothels with sex dolls open in Belgium and France

Belgium and in France are seeing a new type of business opening — sex-doll brothels.

United Kingdom

Oxfam bosses face grilling by British MPs

The charity is at the centre of a scandal over sexual exploitation during aid missions

United Kingdom

Oxfam Haiti ex-chief denies paying for sex as scandal rocks aid sector

One former aid worker and whistleblower warns the Oxfam scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. He calls for greater scrutiny of the international aid sector.

United Kingdom

Driver quits Oxfam over Haiti sex scandal

British actress says she's been "horrified" by misconduct allegations and the charity's response

Belgium

Underage African women trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution in B

Women of African descent sell their bodies for as little as 20 Euros - barely half the rate charged by Western prostitutes.

Germany

Prostitution network discovered at Berlin refugee centre

Security guards at one Berlin refugee centre pimp out their wards for cash.

Belgium

Dating website ad banned in Brussels

Czech Republic

How sexual assistants are helping disabled Czechs fulfil their ‘right to sex’

“I use touching, hugging and massages to open up my clients’ sexual energy"