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Prostitution in Indonesia is legally considered a "crime against decency/morality", although it is widely practiced, tolerated and even regulated in some areas. [1] Some women are financially motivated to become prostitutes, while others may be forced by friends, relatives or strangers.
Prostitution is nominally legal in Lebanon. [189] Officially, Lebanese law requires that brothels be licensed, a process that includes regular testing of workers for disease. However, in an attempt to gradually eliminate legal prostitution in the country, current government policy is to not issue new licenses for brothels.
Separately, local police in North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, and West Kalimantan broke up trafficking syndicates. Some individual members of the security forces reportedly engaged in or facilitated trafficking, particularly by providing protection to brothels and prostitution fronts in discos, karaoke bars, and hotels, or by ...
Encrypted apps, domestic tourists and local residents are keeping a notorious trade alive in Indonesia's most famous tropical vacation destination.
Indonesia’s strict anti-pornography laws impose up to four years in prison for possessing or downloading explicit materials. While prostitution is not explicitly illegal, it is often targeted under “crimes against decency/morality.” Despite regulations, the practice persists, with sex workers bribing law enforcers to avoid prosecution. [3]
Abolitionism – prostitution is legal, but organized activities such as brothels and pimping are illegal; prostitution is not regulated Neo-abolitionism – illegal to buy sex and for 3rd party involvement, legal to sell sex
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