Prostitution in Colombia

Prostitution in Colombia is legal, regulated and limited to brothels in designated "tolerance zones".[1][2] Sex workers are required to have regular health checks.[3] However, the laws are rarely applied and prostitution is widespread,[2] partly due to poverty and internal displacement.[4]

Domestically, organized crime networks, some related to illegal armed groups, are responsible for human trafficking for sexual slavery and the armed conflict has made a large number of internal trafficking victims vulnerable.[1]

UNAIDS estimate there to be 7,218 prostitutes in the country.[5]

  1. ^ a b "2008 Human Rights Reports: Colombia". State.gov. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b LeMire, Jonathan (14 April 2012). "Secret service sex scandal: Prostitution is big business in Colombia". NY Daily News. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Sex Work Law - Countries". Sexuality, Poverty and Law. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ "2008 Human Rights Reports: Colombia". State.gov. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Sex workers: Population size estimate - Number, 2016". www.aidsinfoonline.org. UNAIDS. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.