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Title: Spain divided over semi-legal prostitution
Post by: LostInTime on August 29, 2007, 06:48:30 PM
Digital Journal (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/221703/Spain_divided_over_semi_legal_prostitution)
By Sinikka Tarvainen

Ninety per cent of the prostitutes are immigrants - mainly from Latin America, eastern Europe and Africa - coerced into the trade by criminal rings, according to the PSOE.

Even those who are working independently would often prefer to do something else for a living. "Clients treat me badly, humiliate me and refuse to pay," said Mauro Pilaquinga, a transsexual prostitute from Ecuador.