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** The western [[Sukhumvit Road]] area (notably including [[Nana Plaza]] and [[Soi Cowboy]]; formerly included the now-defunct [[Clinton Plaza]]) <ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.thailand.com/travel/nightlife/nightlife_bangkok_clintonplaza.htm | title = Clinton Entertainment Plaza | publisher = Thailand.com | accessdate = 2006-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.thaiwebsites.com/sukhumvit.asp | title = Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok | publisher = ThaiWebsites.com | accessdate = 2006-07-21}}</ref>
** The western [[Sukhumvit Road]] area (notably including [[Nana Plaza]] and [[Soi Cowboy]]; formerly included the now-defunct [[Clinton Plaza]]) <ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.thailand.com/travel/nightlife/nightlife_bangkok_clintonplaza.htm | title = Clinton Entertainment Plaza | publisher = Thailand.com | accessdate = 2006-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.thaiwebsites.com/sukhumvit.asp | title = Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok | publisher = ThaiWebsites.com | accessdate = 2006-07-21}}</ref>
*[[Phuket city|Phuket]]
*[[Phuket city|Phuket]]
** [[Soi Bang-La]] – [[Patong Beach]] <ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.frommers.com/destinations/phuket/3011010030.html | title = Phuket Nightlife | publisher = Frommer's | accessdate = 2006-07-21}}</ref>
** [[Soi Bang-La]] – [[Patong Beach]] <ref>{{cite web | year = 2006 | url = http://www.frommers.com/destinations/phuket/3011010030.html | title = Phuket Nightlife | publisher = Frommer's | accessdate = 2006-07-21}}</ref>
*[[Pattaya#Nightlife and Prostitution|Pattaya]]
** [[Pattaya Beach]] <ref>{{cite news | year = 1996 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9405EFDB143CF93BA35751C1A960958260 | title = Thailand Restoring Pattaya Beach Resort | publisher = The New York Times | accessdate = 2006-07-21 | first=Seth | last=Mydans | date=1996-12-08}}</ref> (defunct)


==Europe==
==Europe==

Revision as of 04:07, 6 July 2010

Red-light districts are associated with the sex industry and sex oriented business (sex shops, strip clubs etc). In some of these places prostitution may legally take place. Other red light districts are known for their illegal prostitution scene (in countries where prostitution is illegal). In red light districts where prostitution is illegal prostitutes or clients may be arrested or fined if caught by the police (the enforcement of anti-prostitution laws varies by country or place).

The red-light district in Amsterdam

Africa

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)

Prostitution is widely tolerated and regulated[1].

Kenya

Prostitution is illegal. [3]

South Africa

Prostitution is illegal. [4]

Uganda

Prostitution is illegal.

Asia

Cambodia

Prostitution is illegal, but tolerated.

China

Prostitution is illegal.[5]

India

Operating a brothel, pimping and soliciting in a public place are illegal (however in practice prostitution is tolerated and regulated).

--meerganj.

--sandeela road,bass mandi,safedi baad,

Japan

Prostitution is illegal but narrowly defined. Many sexual acts for pay that would be considered to be prostitution in other countries are legal.[5]

South Korea

Prostitution is illegal, laws became even tougher and stricter in 2004 with massive on-going crackdowns.

Malaysia

Prostitution is illegal.

Pakistan

Prostitution is illegal. (However, in practice it is tolerated and regulated).

Philippines

Prostitution is illegal.[22]

Singapore

It is illegal to operate a brothel or to solicit in a public place (however in practice prostitution is tolerated and regulated).[6]

Thailand

Prostitution is illegal, but in practice it is tolerated and regulated.

Europe

Austria

Prostitution is legal and regulated.

Belgium

Although brothels are illegal in Belgium [7], the enforcement of the law can be lax.

Denmark

Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal.

France

Germany

Prostitution is legal.

Greece

Prostitution is legal and regulated [34].

The Netherlands

Prostitution and associated activities are legal and common. A total of 12 cities in the Netherlands have red light districts with window prostitution (see Prostitution in the Netherlands).

Spain

Brothels are illegal (since 1956), but "clubs" and "wiskerias" are fronts for prostitution and are tolerated.

Switzerland

Prostitution is legal and regulated.

United Kingdom

England

Prostitution is legal, but public solicitation, brothels and pimping are not. The Policing and Crime Act 2009 makes it illegal to pay for sex with a prostitute who has been “subjected to force” and this is a strict liability offense (clients can be prosecuted even if they didn’t know the prostitute was forced). [41] [42] (see Prostitution in the United Kingdom).

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

North America

United States

Prostitution is illegal except for some rural counties of Nevada (see Prostitution in the United States).

Mexico

Prostitution is legal.

The Tamyko brothel in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

Oceania

Australia

Prostitution laws vary by state (see Prostitution in Australia)

New Zealand

Prostitution and associated activities are legal. (see Prostitution in New Zealand).

South America

Brazil

Prostitution is legal, but running brothels and pimping are illegal.

See also

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