Spain Targets Sex Traffickers With Aid to Prostitutes

Every day about 1.5 million Spaniards and foreigners pay for sex in the country's cities and border regions, according to Malostratos, a Madrid-based group lobbying to outlaw prostitution.

Eighty percent of Spain's 400,000 sex workers come from places including China, Romania and Latin America, many coerced by gangs, Equality Ministry figures show. In response, the government will bring into force measures on Jan. 1 to shelter and aid prostitutes who break away from traffickers. (via Bloomberg.com: News).

Now Spain has a population of 40 million people. There are a 13 million of these between the age of 15-64 years. Assume that a quarter of these 13 million cannot 'qualify' to become prostitutes due to age, health, infirmity, deformity, appearance, etc. That leaves us with roughly 10 million 'eligible' candidates - of which 400,000, i.e. 4% are prostitutes. Spain is a part of the EU, the Developed World, the OECD, etc., etc.

Makes one think ...