[9] There are reports of brothels[4] and prostitutes working in various parts of Lomé, including Décor and Kodjoviakopé (near Aflao across the Ghanaian border).
[12] In Lomé, Aného and Atakpamé, African prostitutes serving only European males were required to live in designated areas known as kasernierung.
[13] Experts convened by the United Nations found that typically "all the responsibility" of the problems that are faced in the sex industry are usually placed on women.
)[5] However, prevalence rates vary across the country; although the average amongst sex workers was 13.1% in 2011, it ranged from 19.5% in Lomé to 7.8% in the Savanes and Kara Regions.
Additionally, around 50% of the truck drivers interviewed stated that they had not been tested for HIV, which is a concerning statistic considering the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases in Togo.
Togo is a source, transit and, to a lesser extent, destination country for women, and children subjected to sex trafficking.
The western border of the Plateau region, which provides easy access to major roads leading to Lome, and Accra, Ghana, was a primary source for trafficking victims during the reporting period.
From September to April, many Togolese adults and children migrate in search of economic opportunities to Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali, where many are subjected to sex trafficking.
Togolese women have been fraudulently recruited for employment in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, the United States, and Europe, where they are subjected to forced prostitution.
[21] In 2005, in a raid in the capital city Lome, over 200 people were arrested in an operation designed to reduce child prostitution.
The government's minister for child protection, Agneley Christine Mensah, said that the children who had been arrested would be taken into care and helped "to acquire new trades and skills so that they can be integrated into normal social and economic life".