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'Every summer, thousands of young Brits travel to Magaluf in Majorca.

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'Not so much for the sun... but for what happens when the sun goes down.'

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This programme contains some strong language and some scenes which some viewers might find upsetting

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'I'm Stacey Dooley, and tonight,

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'I discover the darker side of this notoriously wild resort.'

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'I'm going to work with the people who deal with the chaos in Magaluf,

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'day in and day out.'

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Hello, you're talking to the police.

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Oh, nice, nice, nice!

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Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh! Eh!

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Gracias.

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'Through them,

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'can I uncover what's really going on in this party paradise?'

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But the atmosphere here is horrible, people are telling us to F off.

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'It's a story we've never seen before.'

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It's the volume that some people are consuming that is causing

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these deaths.

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'From the crime...

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You should be able to walk home without having

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everything stolen off you.

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Girls, come and speak to me!

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These girls have got free rein.

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They're going around mugging vulnerable people.

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'..To the tourists who don't make at home.'

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The rooms, the mess, the sperm on the windows.

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That's all grim, but actually, people are dying here.

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'A short hop on a plane,

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'Magaluf has become a go-to destination for young Brits.

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'You can do it on a budget,

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'it's hot and it's made for people who like to party.

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'So here I am. I've made it.

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'I'm in Magaluf on the Spanish island of Majorca.

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'I've decided to come here, like so many other British people do.

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'I think there's millions of holidaymakers every single year.'

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I can imagine my time spent here is going to be very different to

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that of the typical 25-year-old holidaymaker.

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I've come to see the other side of Magaluf.

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So what's it like to work here, to live here, day in, day out?

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'A mecca for first-time holidaymakers, stags and hens,

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'Magaluf now holds one of the worst reputations for binge drinking.'

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So far, I've just walked down the strip.

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There's a Union Jack flags everywhere.

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Everyone's boozed, everyone's eating pizzas and kebabs.

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It's like being down the wine bars in Luton.

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'Walking along the beach,

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'it's hard not to notice that the bars are already full.

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'Cheap alcohol is on offer everywhere,

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'and everyone looks like they're either nursing a hangover

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'or already completely trollied.'

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There's all-you-can-drink, there's sangria, beer. Get wrecked!

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I've just come off and I look like this!

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And how many hours were you on the booze cruise?

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Err... About...

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-About three hours!

-About three hours?

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So you guys have been taking full advantage of the free bar?

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-Yes.

-Yeah.

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All you can drink? Drink, drink, drink?

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The sun's out, your boobs have been out, your willy's out.

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You're on holiday!

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I mean, you literally couldn't script it here.

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You hear "Magaluf, Shagaluf."

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Everyone is on such a different level to anywhere else that I've

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ever experienced.

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And that's in the day! So you can imagine they're quite tame.

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You know, they're quite reserved in the day.

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Soon as the sun goes down, they all go out to play,

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and I just can't wait to see it for myself.

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So here I am.

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I'm in the main strip, Punta Ballena, as the locals call it.

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Other people call it Psycho Alley, I've been told.

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'With over 200 bars in Magaluf, competition is fierce.

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'Every bar employs a promoter to offer tourists on the street more

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'cheap, or even free, booze.

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'The deals are endless.'

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We can do discounts, we take people in for free,

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stags and hen groups, the stag or the hen will go in for free entry.

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And what about drinks and stuff like that? Is there a deal?

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It's a free bar all night till 6am in the morning.

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Talk me through this. What is this?

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-We asked for the strongest drink they had.

-Orange!

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-That's a jug.

-And that was that.

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-That's a jug, no?

-That's a jug, yeah.

-And what is it?

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What's it tastes like?

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It tastes like orange, but it's meant to have, like, vodka...

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-I think it's a Sex on the Beach.

-Yeah.

-They just throw everything in?

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And how much do you have to pay for drinks?

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On the strip, five euros for a shot, two drinks and a jug.

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'In order to compete with the bars, clubs in Magaluf charge a fee

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'at the door, entitling ticket holders to a free,

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'unlimited bar all night.

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'For the equivalent of £20-30,

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'people can drink as much as they want for up to eight hours.'

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Absolute carnage! Everyone's totally boozed.

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They leave their minds at home,

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they leave any common sense on the kitchen table.

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They come here and they just absolutely go for it.

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It's nearly twenty to five, and I'm off to bed.

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Grandma Dooley can't keep up!

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This lot are carrying on.

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Without question, tonight has shown me why people are drawn to Magaluf.

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ALL: Magaluf, Magaluf, Shagaluf, Shagaluf, Shagaluf, Shagaluf!

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'My first day in Magaluf was quite an eye-opener.

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'But from tonight, I start working in the resort.

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'My first job is right on the front line, in one of its bars.'

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You know what the thing I find really interesting about here?

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It's almost like a frantic panic. It's like a rush, like,

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"Aaaarghh!

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"I've got to drink as much drink as I possibly can because it's free."

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Whereas in Ibiza and other parts of Spain, everything's pricey.

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So you kind of pace yourself.

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It's a very different mentality here, and I think that's been

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created by the workers, the promoters,

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the bars, the club owners.

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And of course, we've come over here and reacted to it, you know.

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We lap it up.

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So I think I'll probably see more of that tonight.

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That's me, ready.

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The hair's out, the lippie's on, I've got me

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cut-offs on cos all the girls were wearing these yesterday.

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All Magalufed up!

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"35 euros, darling! Come on, come on! What you drinking?

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"Seven-and-a-half hours' free bar. Come in!"

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SHE LAUGHS

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That's what they do. I'm off. I'm off for work!

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'I'll be working in a bar that's part of a chain of clubs

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'on the strip.

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'My shift starts at 9.30

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'and finishes when the bar closes at 4am.'

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Damian normally uses number one.

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So if you use number two, that's up here.

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-Yeah?

-OK. So tell me about the drinks, Helen.

-OK.

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-Right. All your local mixers are here.

-Is that the vodka?

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-Yes, this is our local vodka.

-What is this? Is it Spanish?

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Yeah, it's our cheap vodka. Tastes really nice as well(!)

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-Gives you a sore throat!

-Does it?

-Yeah.

-Gives you a sore throat?

-Yup.

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-We don't have measures. It's just all free pour.

-Are you joking?!

-Nope!

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That's probably why they all get so drunk!

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'Free pouring in Magaluf means one drink here can equal two or

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'three back in the UK.

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'But for some, size is everything.'

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It's going to be...

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Have you opened the bar yet?

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..One of the biggest fish bowls I've ever seen!

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'This giant cocktail contains half a litre of vodka

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'and half a litre of schnapps.'

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-That's not enough, is it?

-Keep going!

-Keep going.

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I could never, ever, ever drink anything like this.

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-I'd be really, really poorly. Could you drink this?

-No, never.

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-Tastes horrible.

-How big are the groups that you sell these to?

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-At least four people.

-Four people?

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'This fish bowl has enough alcohol to make 24 individual cocktails.'

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I actually feel quite irresponsible, giving them this.

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Let's put more straws in so they don't...

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The idea is tonight, that the people will pay 25 euros for a wristband.

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And that wristband means you're allowed to drink

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unlimited amounts of drink for seven-and-a-half hours.

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And there's separate bar crawls that are on a completely different

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pricing list.

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And they'll pay two euros per drink.

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But ultimately, the idea is it's all very, very cheap.

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And if it's not cheap, it's free.

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And that does make you wonder, "How are you able to run a business

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"when you're giving so much stuff away?"

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'Almost 100 people turn up on an organised bar crawl.

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'They've paid 30 euros each for five hours of drinking.

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'And with plenty of free shots along the way,

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'I was about to see first-hand just how crazy things could get.'

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'Part of the attraction of these regular bar crawls

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'are the sexually explicit drinking games they play

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'in each of the five bars they visit.'

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'I was really shocked when I discovered what these complete

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'strangers were just about to do to each other.'

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'I was stunned by what I'd seen, and wanted to talk to the two guys

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'who make their living running the bar crawl.'

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-Are you responsible?

-Yeah, well, we are.

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If someone's too drunk, yeah, we look after them.

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As you've seen there, get them absolutely wasted at the strip,

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drop them off, take them to the club.

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I can't believe I've just seen two girls give two lads a blow job.

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-Does that happen all the time?

-It's Magaluf.

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-You know the reputation, of course.

-It happens every time.

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-We just encourage it.

-So it's different rules out here?

-Totally.

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-There aren't any rules.

-You can't do things like that back home.

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Out here, everything's more lenient.

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So you can get away with stuff like this.

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The first reaction is to kill yourself laughing,

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and then you think, "That's someone's baby,

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"that's someone's sister.

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"How much has she had to drink? Is she wanting to do this?

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"Is she feeling pressured?"

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Just the amount of drink that is being thrown at some of these

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kids, and some of them are just 18.

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It's just endless. You can drink yourself into oblivion.

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I've not enjoyed it tonight. Last night was great fun.

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Tonight, it just feels a bit...

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..darker. It feels a bit more irresponsible.

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Perhaps Magaluf has taken it to a level that no-one else has.

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'After my night at work, I had some questions.

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'So I arranged to meet the general director of the bar, Alvaro Reyes.'

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Can you see the link

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between drinking for seven-and-a-half hours and problems?

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When they have the free bar all night,

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they don't have to rush drink.

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So what I'm going to do is drink it like normal because it go all night.

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But they don't drink like normal here, do they? That's the thing.

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-To be honest...

-When I see them, it's like a panic.

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It's like a frenzy, like, "drink, drink, drink, drink, drink!"

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Wouldn't it be better for your business

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if you were able to charge a bit more?

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Maybe they wouldn't get as hammered

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and there wouldn't be as many problems.

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To be honest, the system works.

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And also, you must compete with all these all-inclusive hotels.

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While they let the people drinking and eating for free till 12,

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half past twelve, so you have to change, you know?

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'Alvaro says he's forced by the competition to offer a free bar,

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'but what really concerned me

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'were the sexually explicit drinking games happening in his bar.'

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I guess my question is, is that OK? Are you happy for that to go on?

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Nobody's forcing you to do silly things like that.

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-Are they encouraging you?

-All depends on your behaviour.

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All depends what you're being teaching at home.

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I don't think any normal girl is going to do things like that.

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What about if she's been drinking for seven-and-a-half hours?

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If everything I do in my life wrong, the excuse is going to be,

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"I'm sorry because I was drunk"? And then?

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-That will be the answer for everything.

-Yeah.

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"I'm sorry I was drunk."

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'From talking to Alvaro, it seems the cut-throat competition will

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'make it hard for anything to change.

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'But does more business for the bars mean trouble for everyone else?

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'It's Friday night in Magaluf, and the Punta Ballena is heaving.

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'On an average summer weekend,

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'this 800-metre strip has an estimated 20,000 tourists.

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'Mix with heat and excessive alcohol,

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'and you've got the potential for one dangerous cocktail.

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'Tonight, I will be going to work with the public ambulance service.'

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From May through till about October time, a lot of their time,

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a lot of their efforts and their resources, are spent in Magaluf.

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Now in the summer, they're having to hire extra staff, just to try

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and deal with the sheer volume of calls.

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So I'm going to meet a man called Manu and trying to understand what

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it's like working here on a typical summer night.

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-Hello!

-Hello!

-You Manu?

-Yes.

-I'm Stacey.

-Hello.

-Nice to meet you.

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Thank you for agreeing to have me.

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-Yeah, you're coming with me, you put this, all right?

-I wear this?

-Yes.

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'This year in Magaluf, the public ambulance service have seen

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'a disturbing increase in alcohol-related incidents.'

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Tell me what the

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typical things are that you'll get a call for on a summer night.

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'Manu tells me it's not just guys fighting that's on the increase.'

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'This year, Manu's also seen a rise in sexual abuse, especially rape.'

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-Really?

-Yes.

-Every summer...

-Yes.

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-..can be around 15 to 20 girls...

-Yes.

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..who are calling and saying,

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"I've been raped. I need you to come and help me."

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Yes, this problem is more serious.

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'His colleague Conchi describes one particular incident

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'that continues to haunt her.'

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-16?!

-Dieciseis, yes.

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And she's been drinking alcohol?

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Her drink spiked, maybe?

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These girls are so vulnerable. It's... It's scary.

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It's scary to see how vulnerable people can get here, so quickly.

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PHONE RINGS

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-Now a call for the emergency.

-Oh!

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-One, two, three!

-If I hit that...

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'And it's no surprise to Manu that we're heading to the Punta Ballena.'

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SIREN WAILS

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So, what do the people in Palma do?

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What are the other people that aren't in Punta Ballena do

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if there's an emergency?

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They have to wait?

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'En route, our ambulance is flagged down.

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'A young girl looks unconscious has been spotted alone outside a club.'

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We just found her, she was here on her own...

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No, we know nothing. Nothing.

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'The girl responds and doesn't need medical assistance.'

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SIREN WAILS

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'We continue on to our original call further up the strip.'

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'On a busy summer night, Manu can attend to over 30 similar calls.'

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'A young man is lying outside a bar.

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'The police are already on scene

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'to help control a rowdy crowd that's beginning to gather.'

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INDISTINCT SHOUTING

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You can't very well stop there.

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So, it's the first call of the night for us to Punta Ballena.

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It's really, really busy.

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The young lad who's on the floor has just drank too much.

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He's 20, his pal says it's his second night here on holiday.

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He's been drinking shots, lots and lots and lots of beer,

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he's just passed out.

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He wasn't even responding at all when we first got here.

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'Unlike the young girl, this guy's not responding.

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'Manu must help him regain consciousness,

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'or he'll have to take him to hospital.'

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The atmosphere here is horrible. It's tense...

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people are abusive, people are getting in the way of the ambulance,

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people are telling us to F off,

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people are giving us a hard time because we're here following Manu...

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It's...it's a hard job.

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'The young man is extremely drunk, but eventually comes round.'

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'After having his vital signs checked,

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'he doesn't need further treatment,

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'leaving Manu and the ambulance free for another emergency.'

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SIREN WAILS

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There's a fire?

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'The fire is away from the strip, in a local village.

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'We are the closest ambulance, so take the call.'

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Of course it's amazing that we all come here every summer,

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and it's a really great thing in lots of different ways, but...

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on the flipside,

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it seems to be costing the normal Spanish person

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so much money to keep us here, to keep us safe.

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Throughout the summer, every single ambulance is usually in Magaluf,

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you know, sat in Punta Ballena,

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helping all the tourists and helping everyone that's got really drunk.

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So, I guess it's nice for him

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to think that he is helping the locals as well sometimes,

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and he has been able to come somewhere like this and do his bit.

0:21:120:21:15

..no, pero hay un senor que esta un poco nervioso...

0:21:150:21:19

-It's all right.

-What happened?

-No is necessary the ambulance.

0:21:190:21:23

The fire in the...in the chicken.

0:21:230:21:25

-Oh, a fire in the kitchen?

-In the ki...

0:21:250:21:27

In the kitchen.

0:21:270:21:29

THEY LAUGH

0:21:290:21:31

There's a fire in the chicken!

0:21:310:21:34

Fuego en el pollo! HE LAUGHS

0:21:340:21:36

-In the kitchen!

-Chicken?!

-Chicken is "pollo."

-Polo...

0:21:360:21:39

THEY LAUGH

0:21:390:21:41

'But our one moment of light relief is cut short

0:21:420:21:45

'as we're called back to the Punta Ballena.'

0:21:450:21:47

'En route, Manu tells me about the increase in the number of calls he's attended this year

0:21:500:21:55

'due to a craze called balconing.'

0:21:550:21:57

SIRENS WAIL

0:22:180:22:20

How many people...

0:22:220:22:24

every summer are doing this?

0:22:240:22:26

40, just this one summer?!

0:22:420:22:44

-There's been 40 falls from balconies?

-Yes.

0:22:440:22:47

How many of them 40 are dying?

0:22:470:22:50

When you tell me your stories

0:22:570:22:59

about people falling and people dying,

0:22:590:23:03

the strip doesn't look that appealing.

0:23:030:23:05

It doesn't look so fun. You know?

0:23:050:23:07

It's a tough gig, and I've definitely learnt that today.

0:23:140:23:18

I mean, people deserve to have wicked holidays,

0:23:180:23:20

but just spending time on the other side really opens your eyes

0:23:200:23:26

to a lot of things that would...

0:23:260:23:28

..completely go over your head.

0:23:300:23:31

No is broken. It's only for the...

0:23:330:23:35

No, no is broken.

0:23:370:23:38

No, it's only for the...

0:23:380:23:39

Manu's saying he's been doing this profession for 15 years

0:23:420:23:46

and this is the worst year he's seen so far.

0:23:460:23:49

You know, the violent behaviour, because of the drinking,

0:23:490:23:52

is on the rise.

0:23:520:23:54

More people have died this year.

0:23:540:23:56

You know, what starts out as an amazing holiday

0:23:560:23:59

with all the girls or all your lads...

0:23:590:24:01

..can...

0:24:030:24:05

..end with someone going home in a body bag. I mean, that's just...

0:24:050:24:08

No-one wants to talk about it, because you don't...

0:24:100:24:13

want to dampen the mood, but that's what happens.

0:24:130:24:16

Thousands of accidents happen on the streets of Magaluf,

0:24:180:24:21

but the danger doesn't end there.

0:24:210:24:24

After the bars close,

0:24:240:24:25

drunken tourists carry on the party back at their hotels,

0:24:250:24:29

creating a whole new recipe for disaster...

0:24:290:24:32

..and it's the people who clean up the aftermath of those parties

0:24:330:24:37

that I'm going to be working with today.

0:24:370:24:39

Hola.

0:24:400:24:42

Hello. I'm Stacey.

0:24:430:24:45

-Sandra.

-Sandra?

-Sandra.

-Sandra, nice to meet you.

0:24:450:24:48

-Yoli.

-Yoli, nice to meet you.

0:24:480:24:50

How many rooms do you want me to clean today?

0:24:500:24:53

It just depends to you. How strong you see, you know?

0:24:530:24:56

Oh, really? They're bad?

0:24:560:24:58

A lot of stuff on the floor, a lot of rubbish...

0:24:590:25:01

What's the worst room that you've ever found?

0:25:010:25:04

What state has it been in?

0:25:040:25:06

A few weeks ago, we had one full of blood,

0:25:060:25:08

where something happened and it was just full of blood.

0:25:080:25:10

-The bed, the mattress...

-Blood?! Blood?!

0:25:100:25:13

-All over the bed, the sheets...?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:25:150:25:17

-The mattress?

-Yeah, the mattress.

0:25:170:25:19

And it's normal for some of these rooms to be left in a real state?

0:25:190:25:22

It's a hotel for young people, mainly young people.

0:25:220:25:26

They come here just to party, to have fun.

0:25:260:25:28

Sometimes, out of control...

0:25:280:25:30

When something happens, you've got to get money from them,

0:25:300:25:33

and this is a bit stressful sometimes,

0:25:330:25:35

because you don't now how people are going to react.

0:25:350:25:37

Some people are very aggressive...

0:25:370:25:39

So, you know... And, as well, if they are drunk at the time, then...

0:25:390:25:43

'With most guests not being early risers,

0:25:440:25:47

'the rooms are only cleaned after people have checked out.'

0:25:470:25:50

I follow you?

0:25:500:25:52

Oh, my God! It smells a bit funny in here.

0:25:550:25:59

Oh!

0:25:590:26:00

STACEY GROANS

0:26:080:26:09

Oh, my gosh! Is that a condom?

0:26:120:26:16

That's disgusting!

0:26:160:26:17

STACEY SCREAMS

0:26:190:26:20

Why do they have to blow it up? That is so grim!

0:26:200:26:22

There's hair hanging off it! There's hair!

0:26:240:26:26

I've never seen so much hair...

0:26:260:26:27

Oh, crisps and roll ups. That's disgusting!

0:26:340:26:38

No-one's suggesting we come on holiday

0:26:380:26:40

and give it a spring clean every morning.

0:26:400:26:42

It's just putting stuff in the bin, you know?

0:26:420:26:44

I don't mean to sound like an old square,

0:26:460:26:48

but do you leave your hotel like this?

0:26:480:26:50

Make-up all over the floor, look at that.

0:26:500:26:53

Hair everywhere.

0:26:530:26:55

'Sandra's cleaned endless hotel rooms,

0:26:550:26:58

'but is still shocked at what she finds.'

0:26:580:27:00

Sperm on the windows?!

0:27:130:27:15

Dripping down the window?

0:27:160:27:18

'Both Sandra and Yoli earn just over 1,000 euros a month,

0:27:200:27:24

'for what seems to me a thankless task.'

0:27:240:27:27

The chairs, they take them and throw them off the balcony...? Si.

0:27:470:27:51

And that happens so much that you're having to number the furniture,

0:27:510:27:55

to know who's thrown it, what room it's come from?

0:27:550:27:58

So far this year, broken, ripped and burnt furniture

0:28:020:28:06

has cost the hotel over 7,000 euros,

0:28:060:28:09

but that's only the tip of a much more serious problem.

0:28:090:28:12

They go from this balcony to that balcony, to that balcony...? Si.

0:28:190:28:23

And people fall?

0:28:230:28:24

Here?! Si.

0:28:280:28:29

308?! Si.

0:28:320:28:33

That way? That room?

0:28:330:28:35

That's tragic.

0:28:490:28:51

The rooms, the mess, the...

0:28:570:28:59

the sperm on the windows, the ketchup thrown everywhere,

0:28:590:29:02

the vomit, the chicken and chips in the bed...

0:29:020:29:05

that's all...grim, but, actually...

0:29:050:29:08

..people are dying here.

0:29:090:29:10

'It's not known if, or how much, the girl had been drinking,

0:29:130:29:16

'and the hotel was not at fault.

0:29:160:29:19

'Similar deaths are happening all over Magaluf.'

0:29:190:29:22

'It's not only devastating for the families,

0:29:240:29:26

'but has a huge impact on the people

0:29:260:29:28

'who have to deal with these accidents.'

0:29:280:29:30

'I'm returning to the hotel to meet Alex,

0:29:320:29:34

'who was on duty the night the young girl died.'

0:29:340:29:37

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Are you Alex?

-Yeah.

0:29:390:29:41

-Alex, I'm Stacey.

-Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you, sir.

0:29:410:29:44

Thank you so, so much for agreeing to see me tonight.

0:29:440:29:47

-You're welcome.

-I really appreciate it.

0:29:470:29:49

'It's Alex's first season working in Magaluf,

0:29:500:29:53

'doing night shifts in the hotel,

0:29:530:29:55

'and that evening in May is one he won't forget.'

0:29:550:29:59

Now, it's easier to talk about it,

0:29:590:30:03

but that night was horrible.

0:30:030:30:05

You see...

0:30:050:30:07

You just see a girl falling and she just appeared from the nothing,

0:30:070:30:11

and the first two seconds, I was, like, thinking,

0:30:110:30:14

"Oh, they throw a chair, or..." I didn't...

0:30:140:30:17

I didn't realise it was a person.

0:30:170:30:19

Alex, will you talk me through what happened?

0:30:190:30:22

OK. I was just like...

0:30:220:30:24

-So, you're working here, right?

-Yeah, like always.

0:30:240:30:26

And I was just, like, going to the door to smoke a cigarette

0:30:260:30:29

and when I was like, I don't know, maybe it was around...

0:30:290:30:33

..like, here, I just saw something falling down and I was like,

0:30:340:30:38

as I told you, "Oh, a chair, or something..."

0:30:380:30:40

and when I was here, I saw the legs, and I was like, "Whoa."

0:30:400:30:44

And that's when I just went to her...

0:30:440:30:47

to see her, and she was...all mess.

0:30:470:30:50

And then I called the ambulance and everything, but it was too late.

0:30:520:30:55

The doctors say they die in the moment.

0:30:550:30:58

I think that's the worst thing you can see.

0:30:590:31:02

And how long had the two girls been in this hotel?

0:31:020:31:05

Two hours.

0:31:050:31:07

They just came here, leave the bags in the room, go out,

0:31:070:31:11

and when they come back like two, three hours later...

0:31:110:31:15

that happened.

0:31:150:31:16

'On his shift, Alex is responsible for the safety

0:31:160:31:19

'of the 110 guests in the hotel.

0:31:190:31:22

'When they return from the strip after a heavy day's drinking,

0:31:220:31:25

'it becomes the toughest part of his job.'

0:31:250:31:28

-DISTANT SCREAMING AND SHOUTING

-Can you see something?

0:31:280:31:30

Fuck. I don't know if there's...

0:31:300:31:33

Please... Go into your room.

0:31:330:31:37

-Alex, was that her balcony?

-Yeah. MAN ON BALCONY:

-Hello, baby!

0:31:370:31:40

-Where them guys are now, that's where she fell from?

-Yeah.

0:31:400:31:43

Oh, fuck.

0:31:430:31:46

Let's see what happens...

0:31:460:31:48

You've got to tell them to be careful.

0:31:480:31:50

-Do you have to do this a lot?

-Yeah.

0:31:510:31:53

-Every night?

-Every night.

0:31:530:31:55

-Hello. Please be careful on your balcony.

-Aye, sorry...

0:31:560:31:59

-Because I saw you, like...

-You all right, son?

-..kind of...

0:31:590:32:02

-and I don't want you to fall down.

-Aye, no, no, totally...

0:32:020:32:04

-OK.

-Sorry.

0:32:040:32:06

Come on, my son! You all right, buddy?

0:32:060:32:08

I'm fucked, eh? I'm fucked!

0:32:080:32:10

Careful...

0:32:100:32:12

Careful on that balcony.

0:32:120:32:14

Aye, sorry. Honestly...

0:32:140:32:15

Listen to Alex.

0:32:170:32:19

I love you, baby!

0:32:190:32:20

-Sorry, sorry.

-OK. Calm down, please.

-Sorry.

0:32:220:32:25

-So, you have to do that every night in the summer?

-Yeah.

0:32:250:32:28

Go and tell them to be careful on the balcony?

0:32:280:32:31

Yeah, because, I mean, if...

0:32:310:32:32

They normally like to stay on the balcony, and they like to be...

0:32:320:32:35

Because we have, like, two or three chairs on the balcony,

0:32:350:32:38

and they like to be there smoking and have the last drink, I guess.

0:32:380:32:41

The problem is, if they stand up...

0:32:410:32:44

Like, when you are drunk, maybe your body, like, moves a little bit.

0:32:440:32:47

Maybe you move too much and...

0:32:470:32:50

I don't want that to happen again. I think one time is enough.

0:32:500:32:54

Now, when I hear something, like, a big noise,

0:32:540:32:57

I'm, like, in tension...

0:32:570:33:00

like, to see what happens.

0:33:000:33:01

Maybe it's only a glass or some food they throw,

0:33:010:33:05

but if I heard something, like, really noise,

0:33:050:33:08

GIRL SCREAMS IN DISTANCE really, really big noise, I can get... Sorry.

0:33:080:33:12

It's them again.

0:33:150:33:16

Every night.

0:33:180:33:19

-I feel uneasy.

-MUSIC BLARES

0:33:190:33:21

-Can you turn the volume down, please?

-Aye. Sorry.

0:33:210:33:24

OK, there are people trying to sleep.

0:33:240:33:25

MAN IN ROOM LAUGHS AND SHOUTS

0:33:250:33:27

Alex, you know, he's come to work, and I think people...

0:33:300:33:33

you know, they don't necessarily think about

0:33:330:33:35

how it affects the people who work here in Magaluf.

0:33:350:33:39

You know, these people, they're in that room...

0:33:390:33:41

PEOPLE ON BALCONY SCREAM AND SHOUT

0:33:410:33:44

-Oh, flipping hell!

-WOMAN ON BALCONY:

0:33:440:33:46

There you go again, look.

0:33:460:33:48

I mean, there's four people on that balcony now.

0:33:480:33:50

They're on the exactly the same balcony that that young girl was

0:33:500:33:53

when she fell off it.

0:33:530:33:54

Alex is out having a fag, and he panics, you can see him panicking.

0:33:540:33:58

He's been up to them twice already.

0:33:580:34:00

And you can just so easily see how it can go from...

0:34:000:34:03

..a wicked night to...

0:34:050:34:06

..you know, a tragedy. It's just a slip, isn't it?

0:34:080:34:11

It's just that one second. I mean, it's happened.

0:34:110:34:15

That's not me stood here trying to be really dramatic

0:34:150:34:17

and ruining everyone's holidays. It's happened.

0:34:170:34:20

In that room, on that balcony, it's happened.

0:34:200:34:22

It's happened this summer. It happened a couple of months ago.

0:34:220:34:25

'Alex's job is hard, but he believes it's made even harder

0:34:250:34:28

'when the guests drink to excess.'

0:34:280:34:30

If you're drunk, it's OK. The problem is if you are too drunk.

0:34:300:34:32

I think it's also because we have...

0:34:320:34:35

really, really young people.

0:34:350:34:36

Like from 18, 19 or 22, 23, and they love to drink.

0:34:360:34:41

For example, they can be screaming in the rooms

0:34:410:34:44

or throwing chairs from the balcony,

0:34:440:34:46

and you have to go to the rooms, talk to them,

0:34:460:34:49

and sometimes, they get really aggressive.

0:34:490:34:52

Be honest with me, Alex. You can tell me the truth.

0:34:520:34:54

Are you ever scared when you have to confront big lads,

0:34:540:34:57

-four, five boys?

-A lot of times.

-Of course.

0:34:570:35:00

Just a moment, sorry.

0:35:000:35:01

-God, we can't let that go!

-SHE LAUGHS

0:35:040:35:06

We have to have our wits about us at all times!

0:35:060:35:09

He's got an incredibly tough job.

0:35:110:35:14

You know, when this hotel's in full swing, he's responsible...

0:35:140:35:18

..for 100 people.

0:35:190:35:20

Listen, please, can you keep it down?

0:35:220:35:24

Please. People are complaining and everything, OK? Thank you.

0:35:240:35:28

100 drunk people...

0:35:290:35:30

..who are difficult to handle.

0:35:330:35:35

I think it takes a certain type of person

0:35:350:35:38

to work in this type of hotel in Magaluf.

0:35:380:35:41

It's constant.

0:35:410:35:42

It's a constant battle to try and keep everything...

0:35:420:35:46

..ticking along nicely.

0:35:470:35:49

'This year, over 200 tourists have suffered unnatural deaths in Majorca,

0:36:000:36:05

'and I want to know how much of a part alcohol plays in the death toll.'

0:36:050:36:09

I'm meeting local pathologist Javier Alarcon to find out more.

0:36:120:36:15

-Hola, que tal? Como estas?

-Hola, como estas?

-Muy bien, tu?

0:36:150:36:19

How many tourists have died

0:36:200:36:24

because, you believe, they've drunk too much?

0:36:240:36:28

Yo creo que si que tiene que cambiar...

0:36:390:36:41

'In some autopsies, Javier tells me he's found people's alcohol levels

0:36:410:36:45

'to be ten times over the Spanish limit.'

0:36:450:36:48

It's the amount, it's the volume that some people are consuming

0:36:480:36:54

that is causing...

0:36:540:36:55

..these deaths?

0:36:560:36:57

You know, you're dealing with 15, 16, 17-year-olds, sometimes.

0:37:000:37:04

How does that make you feel?

0:37:040:37:06

If excessive drinking wasn't popular in Magaluf, in Punta Ballena...

0:37:180:37:23

..would you be dealing with less people?

0:37:250:37:29

You think it will always exist?

0:37:350:37:37

Umm...

0:37:580:37:59

Yeah, a bit of a reality check in there.

0:38:000:38:03

I guess Javier just confirmed, really,

0:38:030:38:06

that it's the excessive drinking that's playing a massive part

0:38:060:38:10

in the incidents that he's dealing with.

0:38:100:38:13

He said 80 to 90% have got large volumes of alcohol in their system.

0:38:130:38:19

You know, it's not necessarily the drink, it's not the place,

0:38:190:38:23

it's the amount,

0:38:230:38:25

it's the excessiveness that's causing problems.

0:38:250:38:27

You know, he's completely impartial, and he himself says,

0:38:270:38:31

"Yeah, things...things need to change."

0:38:310:38:33

'I've seen the effect alcohol has on tourists,

0:38:400:38:43

'but what effect does tourism have on the 4,500 residents

0:38:430:38:47

'who live and work in Magaluf all year round?'

0:38:470:38:50

'I've arranged to meet a local shop owner, Rene Nes.

0:38:530:38:56

'She's been living on the Punta Ballena almost 40 years.'

0:38:560:39:00

-Hola!

-Buenas tardes.

-Buena seres.

0:39:000:39:04

-How are you?

-Pleased to meet you.

-Pleasure to meet you.

0:39:040:39:07

-I hear that you have lived here for a very long time.

-Mm-hmm.

0:39:070:39:11

How has Magaluf changed, if it has?

0:39:110:39:14

The people are different.

0:39:140:39:15

We do want the families back, the families we used to have.

0:39:150:39:19

Whereas now, the youngsters will come over,

0:39:200:39:23

the only thing they like to do is drink, drink, drink, and be hooligans.

0:39:230:39:27

Obviously, we always want tourism here, but we don't want THIS tourism.

0:39:270:39:32

Tell me what it's like to live on Punta Ballena.

0:39:320:39:36

Well, in the summer, it's a hell,

0:39:360:39:39

and in the winter, it's paradise.

0:39:390:39:42

People started feeling comfortable just using the street as toilets.

0:39:420:39:47

Others will strip off completely

0:39:470:39:50

and they will have sex in front of everybody.

0:39:500:39:54

Where I live, there's a lot of kids,

0:39:540:39:55

there's a lot of, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11-year-old kids,

0:39:550:40:00

and they're not supposed to see that.

0:40:000:40:02

To me, lately, Magaluf seems the place without a law.

0:40:020:40:07

Rene goes on to say that the biggest worry for local residents

0:40:090:40:13

is that this type of tourism is causing a new wave of street crime.

0:40:130:40:17

The biggest problem is the prostitute on the street,

0:40:170:40:21

and even people who live here are scared of them.

0:40:210:40:25

The prostitutes are not prostitutes.

0:40:250:40:27

They are thieves.

0:40:270:40:29

-Are they prostitutes that steal, or...?

-No, they are just thieves.

0:40:290:40:32

-Pretending?

-Yeah, they are pretending they are prostitutes,

0:40:320:40:36

but they are just after the money.

0:40:360:40:38

-So, the man thinks that he's going to get a service...?

-Mm-hmm.

0:40:380:40:41

..and then she'll take his things?

0:40:410:40:43

Anything he has in his pocket goes. Mobile, anything.

0:40:430:40:46

And have you seen this? You've seen this happen?

0:40:460:40:50

-Yes. Too often.

-Too often?

-Too often.

0:40:500:40:53

And everyone knows this is happening?

0:40:530:40:55

Oh, yeah. Even the police and Guardia Civil.

0:40:550:40:57

-This isn't just one prostitute...?

-No, it's a bunch. It's a group.

0:40:570:41:01

It's a known thing? A group?

0:41:010:41:03

Yeah, 20, 30...

0:41:030:41:06

I don't... I can't count them no more, there's too many.

0:41:060:41:09

So, they're coming here solely...

0:41:090:41:12

-..to rob from drunk British tourists?

-Yeah.

0:41:140:41:16

-That's tourism.

-That's tourism?

-I suppose.

0:41:160:41:20

'I wanted to see for myself how the prostitutes operated...'

0:41:200:41:24

'..and it's not long after midnight that the women begin to appear.'

0:41:280:41:32

There's been a couple of girls floating around

0:41:380:41:41

for the past half an hour, an hour,

0:41:410:41:43

and you can see, every time a drunk guy walks past,

0:41:430:41:45

they're are kind of approaching him...

0:41:450:41:48

'Local bar manager Daniel works close by

0:41:500:41:53

'and sees this all the time.'

0:41:530:41:56

Every night without fail, there's probably,

0:41:560:41:58

I don't know, between 20 and 30...

0:41:580:42:01

well, prostitutes/robbers, more like robbers...

0:42:010:42:04

between here and there.

0:42:040:42:05

Every drunk man that comes stumbling along,

0:42:050:42:08

two or three of them straight round him,

0:42:080:42:10

whether they proposition him to have sex or whatever,

0:42:100:42:13

or they're just straight, hands in pockets...

0:42:130:42:15

And has it got worse? Are there more muggings?

0:42:150:42:17

Yeah, I think it has. I think there's got more and more girls.

0:42:170:42:20

They are, like, tooled up and that. They cut people and stuff.

0:42:200:42:23

They're not just... They're violent.

0:42:230:42:25

You should be able to walk home safely

0:42:250:42:27

without having everything stolen off you.

0:42:270:42:29

There's the argument to be had though,

0:42:290:42:31

if they didn't get SO drunk, they wouldn't be as vulnerable?

0:42:310:42:34

In the UK, I can get plastered, fall asleep on a bench and wake up with everything.

0:42:340:42:37

What you want to happen? What you hope...?

0:42:370:42:39

What do you think needs to be done?

0:42:390:42:41

It needs to be sorted out, just to make it safe.

0:42:410:42:43

If I went and robbed someone, I'd get arrested for it.

0:42:430:42:47

But they do it night in, night out, and get away with it.

0:42:470:42:50

'Within minutes, I see the women picking out and following lone men.'

0:42:520:42:56

'I can't believe it when I see one of the women

0:43:030:43:06

'attempt to put her hand in a man's pocket.'

0:43:060:43:08

It's so obvious! I mean, it's...it's...

0:43:080:43:10

..it's blatantly obvious what they're doing.

0:43:120:43:14

They don't even try and hide it, that's the mad thing.

0:43:140:43:17

They do it in front of people.

0:43:170:43:18

I'd be so surprised if I ever got one of them girls to speak to me.

0:43:190:43:23

-SHE GASPS

-She's pulling him!

0:43:230:43:26

What's going on, girls?!

0:43:260:43:27

We're just wondering why you keep chasing them guys?

0:43:290:43:33

Girls, come and speak to me!

0:43:330:43:34

Here we are.

0:43:360:43:38

Girls, talk to me!

0:43:380:43:39

Girls, come and have a chat with me!

0:43:450:43:48

Girls, where are you going?

0:43:480:43:49

Here we are, look.

0:43:490:43:51

WOMAN CRIES OUT

0:43:510:43:52

The two guys that work in the pub said to me,

0:43:530:43:57

"Come out here, come and have a look at this..."

0:43:570:43:59

..and I saw her pulling him, trying to get in his pockets.

0:44:020:44:05

I saw it with my own eyes.

0:44:050:44:07

'I hardly catch my breath when the girls are back.'

0:44:090:44:12

It's almost laughable,

0:44:130:44:15

but it does seem like these girls have got free rein.

0:44:150:44:17

They're going around mugging vulnerable people,

0:44:170:44:20

but it is a worry, it is a concern,

0:44:200:44:22

especially when you've got 18-year-old lads coming out here.

0:44:220:44:25

They're on their holidays, they're getting really boozed,

0:44:250:44:28

they've fell away from the crowds... It's totally going on.

0:44:280:44:31

It certainly makes you want to have a chat with the people up above,

0:44:310:44:34

and see if, (a) they know about it

0:44:340:44:37

and, (b) what they plan to do about it,

0:44:370:44:39

because tourism is the most important thing on this island.

0:44:390:44:43

So, surely, if you're happy enough to take all the tourists' money,

0:44:430:44:47

you have to...you have to be looking after these people

0:44:470:44:50

and making sure their safety is a priority

0:44:500:44:53

when they're on your island, when they're in Magaluf.

0:44:530:44:56

'I want to take this right to the top, but my first port of call

0:44:590:45:03

'are the people whose job it is to protect and serve.'

0:45:030:45:06

'I want to see how the local police cope with the violence

0:45:070:45:10

'and the crime on Magaluf's streets.'

0:45:100:45:12

'Tonight, I'll be working with two of Magaluf's finest,

0:45:170:45:20

'Pablo and Cisco.'

0:45:200:45:22

OK, so you've got your vest on, you got a gun there,

0:45:220:45:25

-walkie-talkie, gloves...

-Yes.

0:45:250:45:28

-All this is for back-up...

-Correct.

-..if necessary?

-Yes.

0:45:280:45:31

Punta Ballena, here we come!

0:45:320:45:34

Out with the police...

0:45:340:45:36

'The officers begin their nightly patrol of Magaluf.

0:45:410:45:44

'In the summer, there are six cars patrolling the strip every night.

0:45:440:45:48

'Each car deals with up to 40 calls.'

0:45:480:45:51

-When you're all told, "Oh, you going to Punta Ballena tonight..."

-Yes?

0:45:510:45:55

..do you know that you're in for a busy night?

0:45:550:45:57

-Yes, especially when it's weekend.

-And weekends in summertime?

0:45:570:46:01

-There is no weekend in summertime. Every day is a weekend.

-Oh!

0:46:010:46:05

Has there been an increase in alcohol-related incidents

0:46:050:46:09

for you guys this year?

0:46:090:46:10

Yes. Compared from other years.

0:46:100:46:13

The actual incidents that you're getting called out for,

0:46:130:46:16

because people have drunk too much alcohol, what are they?

0:46:160:46:19

An increase of fights, especially when there is not many ladies.

0:46:190:46:23

So, the guys are fighting, maybe.

0:46:240:46:26

Don't ask me why, but they decide to fight.

0:46:260:46:29

'They tell me, as the heat rises, so does the violence,

0:46:290:46:32

'and they can deal with up to ten fights on a hot summer night.'

0:46:320:46:36

How serious can the fights get?

0:46:360:46:38

Sometimes only a punch or a hit, or something like this,

0:46:380:46:41

-and sometimes with the bottles...

-Drunk, knife...

0:46:410:46:44

'For these police officers, violence is never far away,

0:46:440:46:47

'as we're soon called to defuse a brawl at a bar.'

0:46:470:46:50

Easy, easy, man. Easy, easy.

0:46:510:46:53

Busted for no reason!

0:46:530:46:54

INDISTINCT CHATTER, RADIO BEEPS

0:46:540:46:58

One of them just smacked me,

0:46:580:46:59

and then I had about 12 of them, like, fucking...

0:46:590:47:01

RADIO CHATTER

0:47:010:47:02

'The young man claims it was the bar staff who attacked him...'

0:47:020:47:06

Hey!

0:47:060:47:07

He's calling me!

0:47:090:47:11

-Come with me. Come with me.

-OK, I'm coming with you. What?

0:47:110:47:15

'..but the bar's promoter has a different story.'

0:47:150:47:17

I was having a drink in a bar...

0:47:170:47:19

-..and somebody threw an ashtray at somebody.

-OK.

0:47:200:47:24

'With no reliable witnesses, there's nothing more the police can do.'

0:47:240:47:28

-So, there's two very different stories?

-Two different stories.

0:47:280:47:31

So, where... Where do you go from here? Do you...?

0:47:310:47:33

'It's not just the Punta Ballena that keeps the police busy.'

0:47:430:47:47

There is a person laying down on the beach, dressed,

0:47:470:47:50

and it seems that he's unconscious.

0:47:500:47:52

'At night, Magaluf's beach is a dark and dangerous place.'

0:47:520:47:56

-Where is he, love?

-Just over there.

0:47:560:47:58

'This August in Magaluf, there were 300 reported robberies.'

0:47:580:48:02

Oh, shoot!

0:48:020:48:03

'Many happen on its beaches.'

0:48:030:48:05

-Hello, mate.

-He's English.

0:48:060:48:08

Mister? Mister?

0:48:080:48:10

Hello, you're talking to the police.

0:48:100:48:13

Do we think that he could have already been robbed?

0:48:130:48:15

He has a wallet, and I think that nobody touched him.

0:48:150:48:18

-Oh, that's good!

-Nobody's stolen...has stolen anything.

0:48:180:48:21

Mister! Are you OK? Are you fine?

0:48:210:48:23

'Luckily, he's not been robbed,

0:48:230:48:25

'but it's immediately obvious he HAS been drinking

0:48:250:48:27

'and he's not out of danger.'

0:48:270:48:29

The worry is how vulnerable he is.

0:48:330:48:35

I mean, there's literally one, two, three of us stood around him,

0:48:350:48:38

-and he has absolutely no idea that we're even here.

-No, no, no.

0:48:380:48:41

What could have happened, realistically?

0:48:410:48:44

RADIO CHATTER

0:48:480:48:51

Give me your name, please...

0:48:510:48:52

-SLURRED:

-J-O-N-A-T-H-A-N.

0:48:520:48:56

-MOCKS ACCENT:

-Junahata? That's not a name!

0:48:560:48:58

Mister! Hey, Mister, we're the police!

0:48:580:49:01

Oh, nice, nice, nice! Nice!

0:49:010:49:04

Mister, Mister, be quiet. Police. Police.

0:49:040:49:06

Which hotel do you stay?

0:49:060:49:08

Do you remember where is your hotel?

0:49:080:49:10

Je peux pas en anglais...

0:49:100:49:12

Right, listen. The...

0:49:140:49:17

OK, listen to me.

0:49:170:49:19

What you're going to do now is go outside the beach.

0:49:190:49:22

This boy is completely trollied. I mean...

0:49:220:49:24

he's in no fit state to string a sentence together.

0:49:240:49:28

Apartment?

0:49:300:49:32

Umm...

0:49:320:49:33

I'm sure when you sign up as a policeman,

0:49:330:49:35

this isn't what you have in mind,

0:49:350:49:37

trying to get boozed people to talk to you,

0:49:370:49:40

because there's so many other things that need taking care of.

0:49:400:49:43

'After half an hour, the young man gave the police his name and hotel,

0:49:430:49:47

'but refused any further treatment and went on his way.'

0:49:470:49:51

'Returning to the car,

0:49:540:49:55

'Cisco points out some women he knows to be working as prostitutes.'

0:49:550:49:59

Is prostitution illegal here?

0:50:050:50:07

'They tell me that prostitution on the streets is not illegal.

0:50:100:50:15

'Their concern, like many of the residents in Magaluf,

0:50:150:50:18

'is the growing number of tourists

0:50:180:50:20

'being propositioned by the prostitutes and then being robbed.'

0:50:200:50:24

This is a new strategy of prostitution.

0:50:240:50:27

Prostitution is shown as a hook to later on commit a further crime.

0:50:270:50:32

-And that creates a new prototype of criminality.

-Yeah.

0:50:320:50:36

'It's hard for the police to arrest the women.

0:50:360:50:39

'To do so, they need to catch them stealing,

0:50:390:50:42

'get a positive ID from the victim, who's often drunk,

0:50:420:50:45

'or catch them with stolen goods.'

0:50:450:50:47

'Pablo and Cisco regularly patrol streets away from the strip,

0:50:490:50:54

'knowing prostitutes get met by cars

0:50:540:50:56

'which they use to hide anything they may have stolen from tourists.'

0:50:560:50:59

I think they think he's their pimp,

0:51:110:51:13

because she was stood at the corner of the road waiting for someone

0:51:130:51:17

and now this guy has come down a dark road, away from the strip.

0:51:170:51:21

Can you please back him up, to tell him where was the lady hidden?

0:51:210:51:25

Yeah...

0:51:250:51:26

So, you're suspicious because the lady was hiding from you?

0:51:290:51:32

Yeah, totally. And this is the moment more important for us,

0:51:320:51:36

because it's the moment that she has all the...

0:51:360:51:39

If she's stolen something, she has it on her.

0:51:390:51:41

'Pablo found nothing in the car, so the driver was free to go.'

0:51:410:51:45

'As they searched the area for any suspected stolen goods,

0:51:480:51:52

'I take the opportunity to speak to the prostitute.'

0:51:520:51:55

What they are saying is that some of the prostitutes

0:51:550:51:59

are stealing and robbing.

0:51:590:52:01

I shouldn't believe them?

0:52:030:52:04

I'm not suggesting it's you...

0:52:060:52:08

'This summer,

0:52:150:52:16

'the police have identified approximately 200 prostitutes,

0:52:160:52:21

'many of whom they believe are stealing from tourists in Magaluf.'

0:52:210:52:24

'Her documents reveal she HAS been in trouble with the police before,

0:52:270:52:31

'and has a trial pending,

0:52:310:52:33

'but on this occasion, there has been no evidence of robbery.'

0:52:330:52:36

-Thank you.

-Thank you for speaking to me.

-OK.

-Bye.

0:52:360:52:40

'The woman is free to go.'

0:52:400:52:41

-So, it's not been a quiet night?

-No. It hasn't.

0:52:440:52:47

-This is a normal night for you?

-Yeah, it can be more.

0:52:470:52:51

How do you do it?

0:52:510:52:52

If you keep your mind to serve and protect, you'll have the solution.

0:52:520:52:56

The guys were saying to me that things seem to be getting worse.

0:52:580:53:01

They don't know what happened this summer,

0:53:010:53:03

but for some reason, they were just...

0:53:030:53:06

inundated with calls.

0:53:060:53:07

It's just so, so busy this year.

0:53:070:53:09

Way more than last year. Way more than previous years.

0:53:090:53:12

If it continues...going that way,

0:53:140:53:17

where are we going to be in two, three, four, five years?

0:53:170:53:20

SIRENS WAIL

0:53:200:53:22

'It's clear that most of the people I've met

0:53:290:53:31

'who work and live in Magaluf are not only stretched,

0:53:310:53:35

'but really worried about the rising problems.

0:53:350:53:38

'And as more and more tourists visit the Punta Ballena,

0:53:380:53:41

'they think it's only going to get worse.'

0:53:410:53:43

THEY SHOUT AND CHANT

0:53:430:53:46

'I want to find out what, or if anything,

0:53:470:53:50

'is being done about these issues.

0:53:500:53:53

'So, before I leave, I want to question the mayor, Manu Onieva.'

0:53:530:53:57

Do you recognise the problems that come with Punta Ballena?

0:53:570:54:02

I guess what I'm saying is, you are the mayor in charge of Magaluf,

0:54:250:54:29

so it's your responsibility to focus on the issues that need addressing,

0:54:290:54:34

and implement them changes.

0:54:340:54:36

So, why do you think people are dying sometimes?

0:54:360:54:40

Why do you think people are getting seriously, seriously injured?

0:54:400:54:44

Some girls are getting raped.

0:54:440:54:45

Why do you think these things are happening?

0:54:450:54:48

Do you think it's the cheap alcohol? The free bars?

0:54:480:54:51

What would you like to change,

0:55:010:55:02

and when do you plan on making that happen?

0:55:020:55:05

When might new laws be introduced that can make sure

0:55:130:55:17

things like this aren't happening so often?

0:55:170:55:19

I asked him three times what he thinks needs to change,

0:55:290:55:33

and he accepted that things did need to change

0:55:330:55:35

but he didn't tell me what they were,

0:55:350:55:38

or when the changes would be put in place. So...

0:55:380:55:42

Do I think if I come here next summer things will be the same?

0:55:420:55:45

Yes. Do I think we're going to have the same problems? Yes.

0:55:450:55:49

And, really, if I'm honest, honest, honest, I only think...

0:55:490:55:53

..things will really change,

0:55:540:55:55

and the change will be fast and the change will be drastic...

0:55:550:55:59

when we stop coming here, because it's got...

0:55:590:56:02

It's got to a point where we don't want to come here on holiday,

0:56:020:56:05

and the money dries up. That's...

0:56:050:56:07

That's when they'll be...

0:56:070:56:10

eager and keen to make sure changes are put in place.

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