# Is prostitution legal in switzerland

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**Created:** [5. Januar 2024 um 20:07 UTC](https://forum.6love.ch/t/is-prostitution-legal-in-switzerland/703 "2024-01-05T20:07:00Z")\
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Yes it is!

> **[Prostitution in Switzerland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Switzerland)**
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> Prostitution in Switzerland is legal and regulated; it has been legal since 1942. Trafficking, forcing people into prostitution and most forms of pimping are illegal. Licensed brothels, typically with a reception and leading to several studio apartments, are available. One estimate puts the number of street sex workers in Zurich at 5,000.
> UNAIDS estimate there to be 20,000 prostitutes in the country. The majority are foreigners from the Americas, Central Europe or the Far East. In recent years...