Spanish city fines prostitutes on street
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November 11, 2009, Wednesday
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A SOUTHERN Spanish city has started fining street prostitutes and their clients in a rare crackdown on a multibillion-dollar industry.
The new municipal order, which went into effect yesterday in Granada, imposes fines of up to 3,000 euros (US$4,500) for soliciting within 200 meters of a school, residential area, shopping center or business complex, said Granada city councilor Eduardo Moral.
Outside that limit, the fine can be as much as 750 euros.
"It is perhaps one of the strictest (in Spain) because most cities do not even have one," Moral said of the order.
Barcelona does impose fines for street prostitution but the practice is prohibited only within 200 meters of a school or if it disrupts traffic.
Spain's penal code does not outlaw the act of selling sex, but Moral says the city can restrict it under their jurisdiction for overseeing city streets and public health issues.
The new municipal order, which went into effect yesterday in Granada, imposes fines of up to 3,000 euros (US$4,500) for soliciting within 200 meters of a school, residential area, shopping center or business complex, said Granada city councilor Eduardo Moral.
Outside that limit, the fine can be as much as 750 euros.
"It is perhaps one of the strictest (in Spain) because most cities do not even have one," Moral said of the order.
Barcelona does impose fines for street prostitution but the practice is prohibited only within 200 meters of a school or if it disrupts traffic.
Spain's penal code does not outlaw the act of selling sex, but Moral says the city can restrict it under their jurisdiction for overseeing city streets and public health issues.
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