Is selling sex criminalised?
Selling sex is legal in Italy but soliciting is criminalised as is working indoors (although this is widely tolerated). Many local areas have additional by-laws explicitly prohibiting soliciting for sex in the streets with high fines. It is also illegal to share premises with another sex worker.
Is organising/managing criminalised?
Organising and managing is criminalised. Exploitation of other's 'prostitution', and providing premises are illegal. Aiding and abetting also criminalised.
Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing?
No
Is there mandatory registration?
No
Is sex work recognised as work?
No
Is sex work decriminalised with limited regulation?
No
Sources/further reading
Danna, D. (2014) Report on prostitution laws in the European Union, available at http://lastradainternational.org/lsidocs/3048-EU-prostitution-laws.pdf
International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) (2009) Legislation and the Situation Concerning Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation in EU Member States, available at http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/doc_cen
Transcrime (2005) Study on National Legislation on Prostitution and Trafficking in Women and Children, available at https://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/sites/antitrafficking/files/study…
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