Austria 🇦🇹

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Austria possesses a highly regulated prostitution framework that evolved significantly from its historical roots. While the medieval era tolerated brothels for taxation and Empress Maria Theresa notoriously attempted eradication in the 18th century, modern Austrian law treats prostitution as a legalized, taxable profession. Sweeping federal reforms began in the 1970s and 1980s, solidifying sex work as an independent trade.