2 days ago · New report details government's efforts to prosecute human trafficking 06:30. Spanish police said Sunday they dismantled a human trafficking ring they said had exploited more than 1,000 women in ...

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Spain and, to a lesser extent, Spanish victims in Spain and abroad. Authorities report Colombian, Paraguayan, and Venezuelan women now make up the largest demographic of sex trafficking victims.

3 days ago · Spanish police have smashed a human trafficking ring that lured more than 1,000 women to the country over the past year with false job offers before forcing them into sex work, police said on Sunday.

Spain prohibits all forms of trafficking in persons through Article 318 of its Criminal and Penal Code. The prescribed penalties for sex trafficking is 5 to 15 years' imprisonment, and the penalty for labor trafficking is 4 to 12 years in prison.

3 days ago · Police in Spain have arrested 48 people in connection with a suspected human trafficking ring - believed to have lured more than 1,000 women to the country for sex work.

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Spain and to a lesser extent, Spanish victims in Spain and abroad. Labor trafficking is under-identified in Spain. Authorities report the pandemic increased worker vulnerabilities and contributed to the rise in labor trafficking in 2020, especially in Catalonia.

According to provisional data – not yet confirmed by the government as final – for 2022, law enforcement initiated 91 human trafficking investigations: 62 for sex trafficking and 29 for labor trafficking (including two for forced criminality). This was a significant increase compared with 55 in 2021 and 83 in 2020, but less than 103 in 2019.

One of the elements that remained unchanged is the situation of our country as a destination and transit country of the victims of trafficking in human beings. The strategic location of Spain in Europe makes it the door of two continents: South America and Africa.

Jan 20, 2025 · As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Spain and, to a lesser extent, Spanish victims abroad. Sex traffickers exploit women from Eastern Europe (particularly Romania and Bulgaria), South America (particularly Paraguay, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador), Central America (particularly Honduras, El Salvador ...

Mar 11, 2024 · The Spanish government announced its decision to transform the draft of the Integral Organic Law against Trafficking and Exploitation of Human Beings, promoted during the previous term, into law. The law will fundamentally focus on prevention of trafficking and raising awareness among victims.