Switzerland: teenage prostituition on the rise...

Teenage girls in Switzerland are increasingly turning to prostitution to be able to afford expensive designer goods, according to media reports.

The Swiss Child Protection Association has called for the age of consent in Switzerland to be raised from 16 to 18 in the case of prostitutes.

It warned that because the legal age for prostitution in neighbouring Germany was 21 and in France and Italy 18, Switzerland risked becoming a "paradise for tourists seeking teenage sex".

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In what has become known as "label sex", more and more teenage girls in Switzerland are turning to part-time prostitution as a source of "pocket money" for designer dresses or expensive accessories.

Girls advertise online or visit upmarket clubs. One Zurich nightclub even organised a theme event – including 16-year-old guests. Full story...

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