MONEY, SEX  POWER AND PROSTITUTION IN EUROPE

NATION

POPULATION
MILLIONS
(2001)

LANGUAGE

GDP PER
CAPITA
BILLION EUROS
(2001)
BALANCE OF TRADE
BILLION EUROS
(2001)

HEAD OF STATE
(2001)
DEBT
EXTERNAL
BILLION DOLLARS
NUMBER
NON-MIGRANT
PROSTITUTES;
(THOUSAND PERSONS PER PROSTITUTE);
LEGALITY
NUMBER
MIGRANT PROSTITUTES;
(PERSONS PER PROSTITUTE);
LEGALITY





AUSTRIA
8.1
GERMAN
23.3
-5.9
PRESIDENT
THOMAS
KLESTIL
15.5
(2003)
600
(`13.5)
LEGAL
REGISTERED
HEALTH-CHECKED
5400
(1.5)
ILLEGAL






BELGIUM
10.9
DUTCH FRENCH GERMAN
20.4
+10.7
KING ALBERT II
28.3
(1999)
6500
(1.7)
LEGAL
NOT REGISTERED
NOT HEALTH CHECKED
5500
(2.0)
NO POLICY





DENMARK
5.3
DANISH
29.4
+1.9
QUEEN
MARGRETHE
II
21.7
(2000)
4000
(1.3)
LEGAL

 
2000
(2.6)
? LEGALITY





FINLAND
5.1
FINNISH
SWEDISH
22.3
+9.6
PRESIDENT TARJA HALONEN
30.0
(1993)
2200
(2.3)
LEGAL, PIMPING & PROMOTING ILLEGAL

1800
(2.8)
TOURIST VISA PROSTITUTES
LEGAL





FRANCE
58.7
FRENCH
22.1
+11.5
PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC

LEGAL, PROSTITUTES SHARING EARNINGS ILLEGAL, PROCURING ILLEGAL






GERMANY
82.0
GERMAN
23.4
+69.1
PRESIDENT
JOHANNES RAU

150,000
(0.5)
LEGAL,
PIMPING &
PROCURING ILLEGAL,
SEX BUSINESSES OFTEN OWNED BY E. EUROPEAN, TURKISH 'CRIMINALS'
150,000
(0.5)





GREECE
10.5
GREEK
10.3
-14.8
President Constantinos Stephanopoulos
63.4
9,000
(1.2)
LEGAL
REGISTERED ARE HEALTH CHECKED, MOST UNREGISTERED,
PIMPING & EXPLOITATION ILLEGAL
8,000
(1.3)
ILLEGAL





ITALY
57.6
ITALIAN
18.4
+23.1
President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

20,000
(2.9)
LEGAL,
STRRETWALKING, BROTHELS, PROMOTION ILLEGAL
40,000
(1.4)





IRELAND
3.7
ENGLISH
IRISH
20.5
+20.7
President Mary McAleese
11.0
(1998)
ILLEGAL






LUXEMBOURG
0.4
LUXEMBOURG
GERMAN
FRENCH
38.7
SEE BELGIUM
GRAND DUKE HENRI

0
(400)
LEGAL
WITH PERMIT (?)
300
(1.3)
CABARET ARTIST LEGAL





THE NETHERLANDS
15.7
DUTCH
22.3
+11.4
QUEEN BEATRIX

LEGAL
NOT REGISTERED
NOT HEALTH-CHECKED,
BROTHELS PIMPING & FACILITATING PROSTITUTION ILLEGAL, ANTI-BROTHEL LAWS SELDOM ENFORCED BROTHELS ADVERTISE OPENLY






PORTUGAL
10.0
PORTUGUESE
9.8
-11.4

President Jorge Sampaio
211.7
(2003)
LEGAL NO SPECIFIC LAW






SPAIN

39.3

CASTILIAN SPANISH
13.2
-18.2
KING JUAN CARLOS
90.0
(1993)

 
WIDESPREAD
LEGAL
ILLEGAL(?)





SWEDEN
9.0
SWEDISH
$26.8
+$19.0
KING CARL XVI GUSTAF
$66.5
(1994)
1800
(5.0)
LEGAL BUT BUYING SEX, PIMPING BROTHELS LIVE SEX SHOWS ILLEGAL
700
(12.9)





UNITED KINGDOM
59.0
ENGLISH
21.2

-41.9
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

60,000
(1.0)
LEGAL, SOLICITATION ADVERTISING BROTHELS ILLEGAL,
ONLY MOST PERSISTENT OFFENDERS PROSECUTED
20,000
(3.0)





NON MEMBER: NORWAY

 
4.6
NORWEGIAN
$37.7 (2003)
31.1 EUROS
+$27.1
(2002)
+22.4 EUROS
KING HARALD V
0
CREDITOR
2400
(1.9)
600
(7.7)







































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/no.html
http://www.x-rates.com/
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sw.html
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2079rank.html
http://www.eu2001.se/static/eng/eu_info/medlem.asp
http://www.ex.ac.uk/politics/pol_data/undergrad/aac/scale.htm
 
$1.2124=1.0 EUROS EXCHANGE RATE USED IN TABLE
 
NOTE: This is not intended to promote prostitution. Some think areas where prostitution is legal are the safest places for performers such as nude dancers to work in.
 
 
 
 
 
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