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Portugal 🇵🇹
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âś… Prostitution Legal
Portugal maintains a legally complex abolitionist model regarding the adult industry. Exchanging sex for money is fundamentally decriminalized and not prosecutable for the independent worker or the client. However, sweeping federal definitions criminalize any organizational facilitation—including brothel-keeping, renting premises specifically for prostitution, and living on the avails of sex work. As a result, operations are predominantly driven into private apartments and digital escorting.