Prostitution in Qatar

Prostitution in Qatar is illegal and carries severe punishment of several years in prison. In 2007, the U.S. State Department categorized Qatar as a "Tier 2" in its annual Trafficking in Persons reports, because Qatar does not fully comply with the minimum standards trafficking elimination, but it is making significant efforts to do so. ^[1] Women are mainly trafficked from China, the Philippines, Eastern Europe, Africa, Morocco, Sri Lanka and India.^[2]

References

↑ IV. Country Narratives: Near East. State.gov (2004-06-14). Retrieved on 2011-03-30.
↑ Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report 2007, US Department of State

External links

Sheikh 'faces sex trial in Qatar'
"Trafficking in persons report" (PDF). US State Department. June 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-31.

Prostitution in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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