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A proposed ban on prostitution ads in Spanish newspapers is getting people hot under the collar. The ban is designed to protect women from exploitation, but some sex workers say it is depriving them from the only living they have. Classified ads offering a variety of sex services is a section that reportedly takes in up to 40 million euros of advertising revenue a year in Spain and makes up about 60 percent of all classified ads in newspapers throughout the country. The Spanish government proposed a ban on all prostitution ads in major newspapers, claiming they contribute to human trafficking and sexual exploitation. "In most cases, these classified ads serve as a cover-up for the work of crime groups," says Isabel Martinez Lozano, General Secretary at the Ministry of Equality. That is, the prostitution mafia.