A sign is seen on the opening day of Switzerland's first sex drive-in on August 26, in Zurich, which is aiming to get prostitution off the city streets.
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Switzerland ups legal prostitution age from 16 to News World September 10 Switzerland ups legal prostitution age from 16 to 18 GENEVA - Agence France-Presse A sign is seen on the opening day of Switzerland's first sex drive-in on August 26, in Zurich, which is aiming to get prostitution off the city streets.
The lower house of parliament voted to change the Swiss penal code to make it illegal to pay for sex with a minor, following suit after the upper house adopted the bill. Until now, paying for sex with people above 16 -- the legal age of consent in Switzerland -- was legal in the small Alpine country.
With the law change, prostitutes between the ages of 16 and 18 will not face penalties, but clients who pay for sex with minors will face up to three years behind bars. Anyone encouraging prostitution by minors, including pimps, and people running brothels or escort services, will face up to 10 years in prison. The law change also raises the legal age to participate in pornography, making it a crime punishable by up to five years in jail to produce, import, promote, screen or possess pornography featuring minors.
