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De Wallen red-light district in Amsterdam. Red-light districts are areas associated with the sex industry and sex-oriented businesses (e.g. sex shops and strip clubs).In some of these places prostitution occurs, whether legally or illegally.
In today's society there is a hierarchy amongst prostitutes and an even greater distinction between indoor workers and outdoor workers. The indoor prostitutes occupy the top tier to include independent call girls, and workers in brothels and massage parlors. The outdoor street walkers occupy the lowest level and are more likely to experience abuse.
Prostitution is legal in Bermuda but related activities such as running a brothel are illegal under the Criminal Code. [1] Women coming to the island to work as prostitutes, or is a known prostitute, may be refused entry under the immigration laws. [2]
Prostitution in Azerbaijan is illegal [13] but common. [14] Prostitution is an administrative offence and punishable by a fine. [13] Keeping a brothel is a criminal offence and punishable by up to 6 years imprisonment. [15]
In 1871, the city's Board of Police Commission issued an order that required the arrest of all female street-walkers at night. Officers were given a commission of $2.40 for every streetwalker they arrested, which encouraged officers to exploit workers by repeatedly arresting and releasing them. [5]
Rue d'Aerschot, Brussels. The main red light district in Brussels is north of the Gare du Nord.In Rue d'Aerschot, Rue de Brabant and the surrounding side-streets there are sex shops and many windows where prostitutes sit. [2]
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This woman used in prostitution in Italy is forced through threats and intimidation to give all earnings to her trafficker. Street prostitution is a form of prostitution in which a prostitute solicits customers from a public place, most commonly a street, while waiting at street corners or walking alongside a street, but also other public places such as parks, benches, etc.