prostitution, the prevalence of trafficking will be greatly reduced. With the Syrian refugee crisis, as well as the movement of people in Germany writ large in recent years, human sex trafficking has become a critical issue that is lockstep with addressing prostitution within German borders. In July of 2017, Germany introduced the Prostitutes Protection Act, which increased protections for sex workers, as well as new requirements for dissemination of information regarding their rights and obligations.
Prostitution is legal in Germany. The Prostitution Act in Germany was enacted in 2002, which improved the legal situation of prostitutes, allowing them to demand payment from clients and even go to court to recoup their payments. The Act treats
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In this way, each can avoid the potential punishment for fines or jail time, in spite of the de facto relationship between parties. In fact, before the passage of the Protection of Prostitutes Act in Germany last July, only 44 prostitutes had voluntarily registered for benefits under the Prostitution Act of 2002 within a decade. In Sweden, a person who receives sex for payment shall be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment for no more than six months. In Nevada, the crime of solicitation, or seeking out sex outside a brothel, is a misdemeanor, although it is increased to a felony is the person from whom the john is seeking sex is a minor. Pandering is also a crime – which is when a person persuades or compels another to become or continue to work as a prostitute. A person who has been convicted of the misdemeanor faces less than six months in jail, and/or a fine of up to $1000.00. Pandering carries a more severe penalty, with jail time ranging between one and four years, and fines reaching up to $5,000.00. The costs of enforcement, and efficacy of such penalties, will be explored in greater detail in the next