Crime in Sri Lanka

Exceptions can be made for criminal liability on the grounds of duress, insanity, intoxication, necessity, and private defense.

[3] Sri Lanka is a participant in the prostitution industry, and most consumers of the trade in the country are foreign travellers.

Most children trafficked are treated unfairly, unwillingly and inhumanely turned into pornographic film actors or sex slaves.

Cited as "one of the most corrupt nations in the world" by Lakshman Indranath Keerthisinghe of the Lanka Standard,[15] there have been instances in which law enforcers take bribes from offenders who wish to have their offences waived.

[15] However, corruption does not appear to be significant enough to pose a problem with foreign investment, though it is considered to be a persistent issue with customs clearance and smuggling of some consumer products.