ISSUE NO. 1419
13 - 19 SEPTEMBER 2012
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THE DECLINE: Fewer people now smoking in Spain.
Old habits go up in smoke MORE people in Spain are giving up smoking. And it is the nation’s economic crisis and high
unemployment, plus the ban on smoking in public, that have most encouraged people to quit.
MEMBERS of a gang that lured innocent women into street prostitution in the Balearics have been arrested. National police say that the gang took €50,000 from each woman that it sexually exploited. Most victims were young Nigerian women lured into the trap with promises of legal, wellpaid jobs in Spain. Once they entered the country illegally, having travelled through France, they were told they owed the network €50,000 each for travel expenses and documents. They were forced to work as street prostitutes and threatened. According to the National Police, the network operated in the Balearic islands, Barcelona and Guadalajara. In addition they also had branches in Nigeria, Morocco and Austria. So far, four people have been arrested.
FRONT EXTRA
Online certificate THE certificate for residents to travel to mainland Spain can now be applied for online at online.oac@palma.es.
Theatre date THE new auditorium in Manacor will be ready for next month’s Theatre Festival, Mayor Antoni Pastor has pledged.
Learning days NURSERY, primary and secondary students in the Baleares will have 176 days at school during the 2012-13 academic year.
Four arrested FOUR Romanians have been arrested for allegedly robbing an 85-year-old man in El Terreno quarter, Palma.
More sales A TOTAL of 585 properties were sold in the Balearics in July, a 4.46 per cent increase compared to 2011, statistics reveal.