Prostitution in Algeria

Prostitution in Algeria is illegal under Article 343 (Ordinance of 17 June 1975) of the Algerian Penal Code.[1] This article also prohibits the use of prostitution services, pimping, living with a prostitute, soliciting, and forcing others into prostitution.

According to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA), until 2011, there were 19 brothels under police control out of the 171 that had previously existed in Algeria during the French colonial period,[2] as was the case in Tunisia.

Despite the de jure prohibition by the Algerian Penal Code, clandestine prostitution exists in contemporary Algerian society.[3] Men are also involved in homosexual and heterosexual prostitution.[4]

  1. ^ Penal Code of Algeria.
  2. ^ "Algeria: Information on Prostitution" (pdf). Division of Information, Documentation and Research of OFPRA (in French). 27 April 2020. p. 3.
  3. ^ Mohamed TOUATI (9 April 2008). "Prostitution supports families". L'Expression (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2022. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access url= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Prostitution is expanding across the national territory, The hidden face of the sex business". www.algerie360.com (in French). 31 March 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2022..