No, really, pimping is not legal in spain, but if you do it because you want, the pimp hardly will have problems.
Thats why they never use the word sex, they say the client pays for the escort time.
Anyway, this week this guy is using fake pictures of an aussie model, so I think this is very good for me.
Legal status of pimping in Spain:
The only article in the Code dealing specifically with adult prostitution is Art?cle 188, which bans pimping:[9]
1. El que determine, empleando violencia, intimidaci?n o enga?o, o abusando de una situaci?n de superioridad o de necesidad o vulnerabilidad de la v?ctima, a persona mayor de edad a ejercer la prostituci?n o a mantenerse en ella, ser? castigado con las penas de prisi?n de dos a cuatro a?os y multa de 12 a 24 meses. En la misma pena incurrir? el que se lucre explotando la prostituci?n de otra persona, aun con el consentimiento de la misma''.Owning an establishment where prostitution takes place is in itself legal,
but the owner cannot derive financial gain from the prostitute or hire a person to sell sex because prostitution is not considered as an activity in Spain and thus has no legal recognition. Which means that
Pimping is "allegal" in Spain: it's in some sort of "legal loophole" or "legal limbo" when it comes to the laws, hence the reason the country is populated with bordellos left and right. They're all out there in the open, mostly in main roads and urban centers with huge neon signs. Some of them (the most popular ones) will have more than 100 women working at a time (most of them foreign). Hence the reason Spain is called "the heaven for pimps and women trafficking in Europe". Mafias know this and take advantage of the current legal Spanish"loophole" shipping EE, African and South American women every year by the thousands to these huge bordellos ( and I'm not exagerating).
OP There's nothing wrong with hiring a lawyer, getting advice and trying to sue this guy, but if you were not forced into prostitution by the British pimp (and I believe you were not) I'm afraid you won't have a leg to stand on because of the legal loophole. But hey... again...nothing wrong with going to a Spanish lawyer. He'll probably give you better advise than me :-)
There's a reason why British guy is operating his business from Spain, because he's done his "homework". Now...If you have his real name and personal info he might be scared for you "outing him". Specially if he comes from a posh Brit family) or blackmailing him, but that's a whole different issue. I'm not encouraging you AT ALL to do this because he too has your photos and personal info. If you're concerned right now because your picture was at some point in a newsletter wait till he feels threatened: your picture might be plastered all over the web.
So I f I were you I would just take a deep breath...move on and forget that this ever happened to you. It's highly unlikely that you will ever be outed because of a photo in a private newsletter. That is unless you become the next kate Moss...and If that ever happens "your photo was stolen from the web and used by an escort agency" end off. Deny Deny deny.
Stop worrying about it
