French Escort Business: Legal Information
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In France prostitution is not illegal, but prostitutes are required to pay taxes and there are laws against soliciting in public places.
Organised prostitution (i.e. brothels etc) and procuring (more commonly known as pimping) is prohibited under French law. There are also laws against trafficking in human beings.
Paying someone for sexual services is never illegal in France, unless the prostitute is vulnerable due to being a minor (under 18) or disabled, sick or pregnant, and this is apparent or known to the client.
France is an "abolitionist" country - its public policy is the eradication of prostitution. However it considers that making it illegal to buy or sell sex in the context of one's private life is a violation of individual liberty.
