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Prostitution in Portugal is legal, but it is illegal for a third party to profit from, promote, encourage or facilitate the prostitution of another. [1] Consequently, organized prostitution ( brothels , prostitution rings or other forms of pimping ) is prohibited.
Portugal. Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal. ... Prostitution is legal but the purchase of sexual services is not (the client ...
The Government of Portugal made some important progress towards meeting the minimum standards during the reporting period. In 2009, the government achieved a significant milestone in its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts by aggressively prosecuting a sex trafficking case resulting in the highest penalties ever handed down for a trafficking crime in Portugal.
In Portugal, prostitution itself is legal, but it is illegal for a third party to profit from, promote, encourage or facilitate the prostitution of another. [125] Consequently, organized prostitution (brothels, prostitution rings or other forms of pimping) is prohibited. [126] [127] Forced prostitution and human trafficking are also illegal. [128]
In 1990 Portugal became a signatory and ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. [13] Following this they also signed and ratified the optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in 2003. [13]
Anti-human trafficking advocates across the state have been actively educating legislators since January 2023 about the need to change solicitation of prostitution from a misdemeanor to a felony.
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In Germany prostitution is legal, as are brothels. In Finland, Norway and Switzerland the right to sell sex is restricted based on citizenship. Aliens caught selling sex in Finland or Norway may be deported and of foreign citizens only EU citizens can get a Swiss prostitution license. The enforcement of the anti-prostitution laws varies by country.