In most cities, soliciting is forbidden. Prostitution businesses operate in a free-market situation. The businesses and the prostitutes have to pay taxes. But prostitutes have no rights as working women and face severe social stigmatization. Prostitution is not illegal, but soliciting, brothel-keeping, living off the earnings of a prostitute and procuring are.
Conviction can result in a prison sentence of up to five years.
Legal, with brothels licensed and regulated by the Ministry of Interior. Prostitutes must be registered with the Government, carry ID cards and submit to a check-up every 15 days. The Government receives income from licensing brothels. Not illegal in itself. But it is illegal to aid or abet a woman to enter prostitution, to live off the earnings of a prostitute or to run a brothel.