Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Buying sex can yield jail term


Norway's center-left government has gone along with calls to criminalize the purchase of sexual services. "Norway shall not be a free zone for pimps and human traffickers," said the Justice Minister.
The Minister unveiled a new proposed law prohibiting the purchase of sex, punishable with up to six months in jail.
Prostitution has been legal in Norway, but government officials have grown increasingly worried about the scores of foreign prostitutes on local streets in recent years. They believe most are victims of human traffickers who have forced the women into prostitution and seize the vast majority of their earnings.
The new proposed law forbidding the purchase of sex is aimed at prostitutes' customers and alleged white slavery operations.

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