Swiss agree to raise legal prostitution age (USA News)

GENEVA (AP) — Lawmakers in Switzerland, where prostitution is legitimate, have consented to criminal it by anybody under 18 years of age.

The more level house passed a correction without restriction Tuesday to its correctional codes that might carry Switzerland into similarity with a Council of Europe gathering pointed at securing youngsters from sexual misuse. It must be accommodated with the upper chamber, which endorsed a marginally distinctive rendition.

Up to this point, the Swiss permitted prostitution by any individual who was no less than 16, the period of sexual assent, in spite of the fact that a few cantons (states) and urban areas set stricter runs the show.

Under the new law, supporting prostitution by anybody under 18 is a criminal offense. Pimps and directors of bordellos or escort administrations that contract anybody under 18 could confront up to 10 years in pri