Number of prostitutes:

3-700 (fluctuates)

Of which migrant:

3-300 (fluctuates)

De Jure

Prostitution:

Prostitution is legal in Luxembourg

Trafficking:

Trafficking is punishable by severe penalties under the criminal law.  There have not been any court cases to date.

De Facto

In response to growing numbers of sex workers,  restrictions were placed on the issue of permits for cabaret workers.  The European Parliament reported in 2000 that reform of the penal code was under consideration with a view to reinforcing the available means of action against prostitution networks and rings trafficking in women for purposes of prostitution."

Residence permits are grranted to 'cabaret artists and are often used as a route of entry for sex workers.  Traffickers use this guise to import foreign women to the EU via Luxembourg.