In 2015 Northern Ireland made it
illegal to pay for sex. The first prosecution was in October 2017
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How the law stands in the UK
• There are an estimated 72,800 sex workers operating in the UK.
• In a study of 6,000 men, 11% reported paying for sex. More than a half of these said they paid for sex outside the UK.
• The mortality rate for sex workwers is 12 times higher than average.
• Keeping or managing a brothel is illegal under the 1956 Sexual Offences Act.
• The sale and purchase of sexual services is legal in England and Wales, but certain related activities are not.
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Maya is one of 70,000 sex workers in Britain. Details of the sex industry are hard to come by, and the lack of data about the prevalence of trafficking often leaves sex work groups and the police at loggerheads about how to approach the industry.
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