Prostitutes working in bars and nightclubs receive between $10 and $20,[8] and are known as "Londoners" as they dress like British girls on a Saturday night out.
NGOs such as Association de Solidarité Internationale (ASI) and Reiper work to try and alleviate the problem.
[5] Between 2004 and 2008 there were 140 recorded instances of Congolese, Indian and UN Peace Corps soldiers paying for sex with children, with local criminal gangs being implicated.
Women and girls were forced to marry or serve as sex slaves for members of some armed groups.
Some Congolese women and girls subjected to forced marriage are highly vulnerable to sex trafficking.
Congolese women and children migrate to other countries in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, where some are exploited in sex trafficking.