While the business of prostitution is technically prohibited in the Czech Republic — organized prostitution including brothels is officially illegal — the state has long turned a blind eye to the practice. According to a study by the Czech Ministry of Interior earlier this decade, there were brothels operating in the country, and in Prague alone, that may or may not comply with the letter of the law but certainly not its spirit.
That has resulted in an estimated 13, prostitutes in the Czech Republic according to recent reports, many of whom operate in what is currently a legal gray area. That should change, says the Czech Pirate party, as reported by iDnes. This year-old convention officially regulates the laws regarding prostitution amongst its signatories, which include the Czech Republic. Years later, laws regulating the business of prostitution in the Czech Republic would be drawn up and submitted for government approval by the Ministry of the Interior.
The prostitution business turns over an estimated 8 billion crowns every year in the Czech Republic. Taxation could result in billions of crowns for the state.
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