Call for action against teenage prostituition in Switzerland...

Switzerland needs to tighten up its prostitution laws to avoid becoming a teenage sex tourism destination, warns a Swiss parliamentarian.

Christian Democrat Luc Barthassat has lodged a parliamentary initiative calling for the age of consent among prostitutes to be raised from 16 to 18, in line with Europe.

In neighbouring Germany, Italy and France the legal age for prostitution is 18.

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“It’s absurd that young people under 18 are not allowed to watch pornographic films, but are allowed to take part in them,” said local St Gallen politician Jeannette Schlegel, who tabled the motion. Full story...

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