Prostitution in Serbia goes under the radar: What are the penalties and whom they are most often imposed on. According to the current law, penalties for engaging in prostitution are usually monetary and paid by women, not their clients.
Each time, she paid a fine which, according to the current Law on Public Order and Peace, goes between 50, to , dinars or 30 to 60 days in prison. It sanctions such services but simultaneously collects money from them.
These persons are returning even after the arrest. The conditions are inhumane; the entire treatment from arrest to appearing before a judge is not something a person who feels innocent should experience. Although both women in prostitution and their clients can be punished under this law, statistics show that women are sanctioned five times more often. That is why this organisation believes prostitution should be decriminalised and considers the so-called Nordic model, which is used in France and Sweden, as the best solution.
In these countries, women who provide sexual services are not punished, only their clients. Another option is legalisation, as in the Netherlands and Germany.
Kristina Ferari said that she is in favour of legalising prostitution, but she believes that it is necessary to have a legal framework. I do not want the state to use me only for taxes. Over the period of ten years, decriminalisation in Sweden reduced prostitution by 50 per cent. Experts add that this is not enough, and that, in addition to the new law, support programmes are also necessary for women who want to exit prostitution.
