Prostitution in Saudi Arabia

Prostitution in Saudi Arabia

Prostitution in Saudi Arabia is strictly illegal. [ [http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL09Ak01.html Brothels and bombs in Saudi Arabia] ] According to the US State Department, Saudi Arabia is a destination country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation, [ [http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2007/82807.htm Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report 2007] ] and prostitutes tend to be from Nigeria and Ethiopia. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/1660406.stm Saudi's sleazy underworld] ] Foreign prostitutes who are arrested by the Saudi vice police face deportation.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/1660406.stm Saudi's sleazy underworld] ] Saudi Arabia is Tier 1 country according to the CIA. [http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33195.htm]

ee also

*Human trafficking in Saudi Arabia

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