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'''Prostitution in Guatemala''' is legal but [[procuring (prostitution)|procuring]] is prohibited.<ref name="procon">{{cite web|title=100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies|url=https://prostitution.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000772#guatemala|website=Procon|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> There is an offence of “aggravated procuring” where a minor is involved.<ref name="ips">{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2006/10/guatemala-where-sexual-exploitation-of-minors-is-not-a-crime/|title=GUATEMALA: Where Sexual Exploitation of Minors Is Not a Crime - Inter Press Service|publisher=|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref> Keeping a [[brothel]] is not prohibited.<ref name="procon" />
Prostitution is widespread in Guatemala; [[UNAIDS]] estimate there to be 26,000 prostitutes in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sex workers: Population size estimate - Number, 2016 |url=http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/gam/stock/shared/dv/PivotData_2018_7_22_636678151733621264.htm |website=www.aidsinfoonline.org |publisher=UNAIDS |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref> [[Guatemala City]] alone has 9 [[red-light district]]s,<ref name="wnn">{{cite web|last1=Wallace Bowman|first1=Hannah|title=Guatemala women sex-workers live in a dangerous 'twilight' world - Woman News Network (WNN)|url=https://womennewsnetwork.net/2014/03/17/guatemala-women-sex-workers-world/|website=Woman News Network (WNN)|accessdate=2 January 2018|date=17 March 2014}}</ref> including La Linea, El Trebol and Parque Concordia.<ref name="mujer">{{cite web|title=MuJER Guatemala - Our story|url=http://mujerguatemala.org/about-us/our-story/|website=MuJER Guatemala|accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref> Statistics from the Vigilancia Centinela de las Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual (VICITS) sexual health clinics from 2007-2011, showed 10.8 of the sex workers worked on the streets, the rest working indoors at strip clubs, brothels based at residential homes, bars etc.<ref name="plos">{{cite journal|last1=Morales-Miranda|first1=Sonia|last2=Jacobson|first2=Jerry O.|last3=Loya-Montiel|first3=Itzel|last4=Mendizabal-Burastero|first4=Ricardo|last5=Galindo-Arandi|first5=César|last6=Flores|first6=Carlos|last7=Chen|first7=Sanny Y.|title=Scale-Up, Retention and HIV/STI Prevalence Trends among Female Sex Workers Attending VICITS Clinics in Guatemala|pmc=4148235|journal=PLoS ONE|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0103455|date=28 August 2014}}</ref>
[[Child sex tourism]] is a problem in the country especially in areas such as [[Antigua Guatemala|Antigua]] and [[Guatemala City]].<ref name="dw">{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-forced-into-prostitution-in-guatemala/av-18993923|title=World in Progress: Forced into prostitution in Guatemala - All media content - DW.COM - 20.01.2016|publisher=|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>
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