Attorney alert the sale of girls in Spain

USPA NEWS - Attorney Immigration Coordinator Room, Joaquin Sanchez-Covisa said Monday that "in Spain girls are bought and sold" in the XXI century. In Spain, trafficking in human beings is criminalized with penalties ranging from five to eight years in prison.

In an appearance before the Senate Special Commission for the Study of Labor and Child Exploitation, Sanchez-Covisa said the sale of girls in Spain is a result of "procuring, in any form, it is not criminalized“ and He asked to be opened in the Spanish society in-depth discussion on prostitution. Trafficking in human beings for sexual and labor exploitation in the European Union are concerned. In the 15 years of the century, the number of persons subject to the modalities of what is known as "modern slavery", among which is included trafficking in human beings, more than double the total of victims who suffered transatlantic trade and slavery for more than four centuries, according to reports from the Spanish unions.

In Spain, trafficking in human beings is criminalized, c. Similarly, the prostitution exerted by children as well as economic enrichment at the expense of the sexual exploitation of another person, even with the consent of the victim, and in those cases where violence is used, intimidation, deceit or abuse from a position of superiority, of vulnerability or need for the victim they are also punishable by law. However, prostitution and labor exploitation do not enjoy the same social status, so that the Prosecutor considers necessary to open a debate on the issue, involving all the social, political and legal statuses.