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MASSAGE

One in five Thai parlours offers ‘happy ending’

Every fifth Thai massage parlour in Malmö, southern Sweden, accepts requests for sexual gratification at the end of a session, a Swedish newspaper reported on Thursday.

One in five Thai parlours offers 'happy ending'

The news comes following the Sydsvenskan newspaper’s probe into illegal prostitution among the Thai massage parlours in Malmö, Sweden’s third largest city. Local police receive “several tip-offs a week” but do not prioritize the matter, they told the paper.

Of the 25 parlours called in the survey, five offered a “happy ending”. There are around 50 parlours in the city.

On Wednesday, one Thai worker spoke out about her frustration at being constantly asked about sex by the customers.

“I am so angry when people ask me about ‘happy ending’. I work hard and I’m proud of my profession,” Pornpinum Meejaii said.

But this was evidently not the case throughout the other centres around Malmö.

“We can do happy, happy endings. Come in and see,” one masseuse told the paper, but refused to discuss on the phone how much it would cost.

On different online fora, customers share information about the best places in the city, with one stating that a 30-minute massage with a happy ending set him back 700 kronor ($107).

When the newspaper visited the parlours, each of the staff workers denied that they ever offered sex.

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VATICAN

Vatican properties ‘used as massage parlours’

Rome properties owned by the Vatican are being used as saunas and massage parlours, according to the latest leaks in the Italian press.

Vatican properties 'used as massage parlours'
Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP

The buildings are also allegedly being rented out for cheap to powerful friends and allies, the reports said.

The revelations come a week after the Vatican arrested a priest and a former employee on suspicion of leaking documents, which formed the basis of two new books, detailing the murky world of the Vatican’s finances.

Luxury homes were rented out at knock-down prices, and hotels and beauty centres managed by private companies became places “to meet secretly”, the reports said.

Some of the properties listed include premises close to the Italian Parliament and a solarium near Piazza Barberini.

One Vatican department, the Congregation for the Propogation of the Faith, which owns hundreds of properties in Rome worth millions of euros, was also mentioned.

Two books by Italian investigative journalists, published last Wednesday, claim charity money was allegedly spent on refurbishing the houses of powerful cardinals, while the Vatican bank continues to shelter suspected criminals.

Suspected moles – PR expert Francesca Chaouqui and Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda –risk up to eight years in prison if the case gets to court.

Pope Francis on Sunday pledged to forge ahead with reforms within the Church, while decrying the “deplorable” leaks over uncontrolled spending by the Vatican.