Recent news of the Spanish National Police rescuing a 19-year-old woman from a Romanian prostitution ring serves as a conspicuous bright spot in much larger narrative of Spain's sex tourism industry, which is unfortunately thriving due to what the New York Times describes as "packs" of young French libertines…
If there was a show called I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant...Because I'm Not, this would be a prime contender for the season premiere: A woman in Barcelona went to the emergency room after suffering from severe abdominal pain, and doctors declared she was pregnant. The woman, whose name is being withheld, says she was…
Some French lawmakers want to make it illegal to solicit prostitutes. Their argument: all prostitution supports sex trafficking.
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[Barcelona, July 15. A model wears a creation from Lee Jean Youn during a 080 Barcelona fashion show in Spain. Image via AP]
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[Barcelona, June 30. Image via AP]
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[Barcelona, May 18. Image via Getty]
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[Barcelona, May 6. Image via Getty]
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[Barcelona, April 15. Image via Getty]
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[Barcelona, November 2. Image via Getty]
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[Barcelona, October 15. Image via Getty]
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[London, July 26. Image via Getty]
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Bathing suits in Barcelona now feature hygienic protectors in swim bottoms that feature a picture rusty razor blade that sits right under your ladyarea to raise awareness about genital mutilation. Wow, genius and kinda gross. • Josef Fritzl is apparently writing his memoirs while in prison, much to the horror of his…
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Intensive-care patients at a hospital in Barcelona suffered from lower-body respiratory tract infections and urinary tract infections after using a contaminated body moisturizer, according to the medical journal Critical Care. If you're healthy, the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics won't harm…
