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'''Prostitution in the Dominican Republic''' is legal, but related activities such as [[brothel]]-keeping or [[pimping]] are illegal.[{{cite web|title=100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies|url=https://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000772|website=Procon|accessdate=12 December 2017}}][{{cite web|title=The Legal Status of Prostitution by Country|url=http://chartsbin.com/view/snb|website=Chartsbin|accessdate=12 December 2017}}] However, prostitution laws are generally not enforced.[{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136110.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316074754/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136110.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2010 |title=2009 Human Rights Report: Dominican Republic |publisher=State.gov |date=11 March 2010 |accessdate=12 October 2013}}] It is estimated that between 6,000 and [[Women in the Dominican Republic|10,000 women]] work as [[prostitutes]] in the country,[{{cite web|title=Popular Caribbean Sex Tourism Destinations|url=http://www.newsamericasnow.com/popular-caribbean-sex-tourism-destinations/|website=News America|accessdate=14 December 2017|date=27 May 2016}}] with many of the sex workers coming from neighboring [[Prostitution in Haiti|Haiti]].is particularly vulnerable to exploitation.[{{cite news|title=Haitian children sold as cheap labourers and prostitutes for little more than £50|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/22/garyyounge.mainsection}}][{{cite news|title=Human Trafficking|url=https://www.unicef.org/republicadominicana/english/protection_12467.htm}}] |
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'''Prostitution in the Dominican Republic''' is legal, but related activities such as [[brothel]]-keeping or [[pimping]] are illegal.[{{cite web|title=100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies|url=https://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000772|website=Procon|accessdate=12 December 2017}}][{{cite web|title=The Legal Status of Prostitution by Country|url=http://chartsbin.com/view/snb|website=Chartsbin|accessdate=12 December 2017}}] However, prostitution laws are generally not enforced.[{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136110.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316074754/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/wha/136110.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2010 |title=2009 Human Rights Report: Dominican Republic |publisher=State.gov |date=11 March 2010 |accessdate=12 October 2013}}] It is estimated that between 6,000 and [[Women in the Dominican Republic|10,000 women]] work as [[prostitutes]] in the country,[{{cite web|title=Popular Caribbean Sex Tourism Destinations|url=http://www.newsamericasnow.com/popular-caribbean-sex-tourism-destinations/|website=News America|accessdate=14 December 2017|date=27 May 2016}}] with many of the sex workers coming from neighboring [[Prostitution in Haiti|Haiti]].[{{cite news|title=Haitian children sold as cheap labourers and prostitutes for little more than £50|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/22/garyyounge.mainsection}}][{{cite news|title=Human Trafficking|url=https://www.unicef.org/republicadominicana/english/protection_12467.htm}}] |
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