[9] In July and August there is an influx of students from various areas of West Africa who work as prostitutes during the summer vacation.
It is estimated that the Chinese sex workers send 2 billion Cfa back to China annually.
In the Gao Region, prostitutes from Burkina Faso, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon came to the area to service the needs of the UN personnel.
[13] The cities of Bamako, Kayes, Ségou, Mopti, Timbuktu, Gao and Sikasso have a problem with teenage prostitution and sex tourism.
Some members of Mali's black Tuareg community are subjected to slavery practices rooted in traditional relationships of hereditary servitude and reports indicate it is worsening.