[3] In 2017 a draft law proposing to add heavy fines to the punishment for keeping a brothel was before the National Assembly.
[2] The country is a sex tourism destination, particularly with men from Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
Women and children from Azerbaijan are subjected to sex trafficking within the country and in Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, and the UAE.
Azerbaijan is a destination country for sex trafficking victims from China, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
In previous years, Azerbaijan has been used as a transit country for victims of sex trafficking from Central Asia to Iran, Turkey, and the UAE.