[13] A former brothel in Teryan Street, Yerevan is still noticeable by its carved naked women on the facade.
[7] In 2016, the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly’s Vanadzor Office president, Artur Sakunts, called for prostitution to be legalised and regulated.
He said the taxes paid by the sex workers would benefit the country, and that “Paid sex services should not be considered a punishable act; they should not be prosecuted not to be ever manageable at the hands of organized criminal groups which could make [sex workers] victims of internal trafficking.”[15] In the run-up to the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election, former prime minister, Hrant Bagratyan, of the Free Democrats party said prostitution should be legalised and licensed, and taxation of their services would be positive towards the state's budget.
Armenian women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in the UAE and Turkey.
Russian women working as dancers in nightclubs are vulnerable to sex trafficking.