According to an investigation published in 2010 by Spanish newspaper El Pais, complaints denouncing sexual abuse have been lodged since 2010.
After the Moroccan Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training denied on several occasions the veracity of the alleged sexual abuses witnessed by Moroccan women in Huelva's strawberry fields, a well-informed source told Yabiladi that these female workers reported the abuses to the Kingdom’s consulate in Seville.