Spain to seek new anti-abuse bracelet operator after data disruption outcry

23/9/2025 7:36

Spain will seek a replacement for the network provider running tracking devices worn by men accused of violence towards former partners, it said on Monday, after a data glitch impeded an unspecified number of criminal trials.



More than 4,500 women have restraining orders protecting them in Spain, whose leftist government has made strengthening women's rights a primary goal.



Last week, the prosecuting authority said in its annual report that a previous change in network operators for the wrist or ankle bracelets had wiped tracking data being used for an unspecified number of gender violence cases.



The revelation sparked an outcry and calls for the resignation of Equality Minister Ana Redondo.



The government had earlier faced a scandal over the redrafting of a sexual consent law with the intention of protecting women from sexual violence that instead inserted a loophole allowing hundreds of convicted rapists to win early release.