Is buying or selling prostitution services legal?
Typically not. In the United States, prostitution is illegal in all fifty states except for a few counties in Nevada. In these counties straight brothels are allowed in a strictly regulated fashion, although prostitution by independent sex workers still remains prohibited. In other countries the laws vary widely. The Netherlands is one extreme which allows most forms of prostitution. Ireland is another, where prostitution remains forbidden The United Kingdom is somewhere in the middle, in that it allows independent prostitution in many areas, but outlaws brothels and escort agencies. Unfortunately, the laws do not necessarily regulate the reality of the profession. Street prostitutes in London, for example, are routinely arrested using laws against “loitering.” In France, the prostitute is the only person that can use the money he earns. If his lover uses the money to buy food for the two of them, he can be prosecuted as a panderer. Many countries do not also enforce their laws on the
