Video surveillance in a bid to stop street prostitution in Málaga

Video surveillance in a bid to stop street prostitution in Málaga
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By m.p. - Jul 1, 2009 - 5:15 PM

Público

Some of the girls who ply their trade on the Guadalhorce industrial estate are as young as 15

Málaga City Hall is reported to be working on setting up a network of CCTV cameras on the Guadalhorce industrial estate in a bid to protect underage girls from sexual exploitation. Público reports that some of the women who work there as prostitutes claim to be 18, but are no older than 17, with some even as young as 15. They are said to be mainly from Sub-Saharan Africa and eastern Europe and can earn their bosses up to 3,000 € a week, compared to the 700 € they would be able to bring in by begging on the streets.

Guadalhorce is a massive area, and the growing prostitution there in the past year has been a growing concern for business owners. Ana López, president of the Málaga association of industrial estates, told El País earlier this month that surveillance cameras are needed in Guadalhorce and other similar areas in the city, and has proposed that as a solution to City Hall and central government offices for the province.

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