Prostitution in Argentina

In Argentina, prostitution itself (exchanging sex for money) is legal, but organized prostitution (brothels, prostitution rings, pimping etc) is illegal.[1] The 2008 Human Rights Report of the US Department of State stated that trafficking of women to and within the country for prostitution was a problem.[1] According to ECPAT International, in 1999 Child prostitution was increasing and the average age of prostituted children was decreasing. Many child protitutes in Argentina are trafficked to urban centres from rural areas or are trafficked from neighboring counties such as Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay and others countries as Colombia, Dominican Republic, Russia, Venezuela, Romania and Haiti.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "2008 Human Rights Reports: Argentina". State.gov. 2009-02-25. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119145.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 
  2. ^ "Child Prostitution - Argentina". Gvnet.com. http://gvnet.com/childprostitution/Argentina.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-01. 

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