Ondara follows Granada's example and cracks down on street prostitution

Ondara follows Granada's example and cracks down on street prostitution
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By m.p. - Oct 27, 2009 - 1:14 PM
A new by-law to be voted on next week includes fines of 2,000 €

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With a new by-law which comes into force next month, Granada becomes the first town in Andalucía to introduce fines for street prostitution. Ondara on the Costa Blanca has now followed their example and will be voting at a council meeting next week on its own by-law with fines for anyone who ‘offers, solicits, negotiates or accepts, directly or indirectly, sexual services on the public way’.

The fines range from 80 up to 500 €, but sexual relations taking place in the street will be considered a very serious offence and could be fined by as much as 2,000 €.

The local Town Hall told El Mundo newspaper that the measure will only be applied to those who reoffend knowing that the ban is in place, adding that the municipal social services department is on hand to help and advise any prostitutes who work locally who want to give up their profession.

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