[9] In the capital, Georgetown, prostitutes sometimes visit moored freighters, with the captain's permission, to service the crews.
[1] Section 357 makes it illegal to keep or manage a "common bawdy house" (brothel)[1] Title 26 - Nuisances, Bawdy Houses The Combating Trafficking of Persons Act of 2005 prohibits all forms of trafficking and prescribes sufficiently stringent penalties ranging from three years to life imprisonment.
The aims was to end discrimination and abuse towards sex workers and to give them full access to health services.
[9] However, the downturn in the bauxite industry in the early 2000s, and resulting in less employment and spending power of the men, led to a large decline in the number if sex workers around these mines.
[9] HIV is a problem in the country, however due to the efforts of the Guyanese government and international organisations, the situation is being controlled.
[17] Guyana is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking.
Women and children from Guyana, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, and Venezuela are subjected to sex trafficking in mining communities in the interior and urban areas.