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href="/wiki/Fornication" title="Fornication">fornication</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sodomy" title="Sodomy">sodomy</a>, which can apply to both the prostitute and the <a href="/wiki/Client_(prostitution)" title="Client (prostitution)">client</a> since all sexual activity outside a lawful marriage is illegal, the punishment can be death.<sup id="cite_ref-FRD306_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FRD306-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prostitutes tend to be mostly from <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-state_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Religious Police are responsible for carrying out floggings. Prostitutes may be whipped in public. Some of these have been carried out excessively and deaths have resulted.<sup id="cite_ref-regime_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regime-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the punishment of flogging was abolished in April 2020, and replaced by fines or jail time.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Foreign prostitutes who are arrested by the <a href="/wiki/Committee_for_the_Promotion_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice_(Saudi_Arabia)" title="Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia)">Saudi vice police</a> face deportation.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2007, 80 women were sent to trial for prostitution and 20 men for trafficking or pimping.<sup id="cite_ref-regime_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regime-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sex_trafficking">Sex trafficking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Saudi_Arabia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sex trafficking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Saudi Arabia is a destination country for women subjected to forced prostitution.<sup id="cite_ref-state18_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state18-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saudi Arabia is one of the largest consumers of <a href="/wiki/Domestic_worker" title="Domestic worker">domestic workers</a>. Around 30% of Saudi's population of 27.3 million are immigrants from other countries. The Law requires that all of the <a href="/wiki/Expatriates_in_Saudi_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Expatriates in Saudi Arabia">expatriates in Saudi Arabia</a> should have an <a href="/wiki/Employment_contract" title="Employment contract">employment contract</a> while they are in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But with some unfair work practices such as sexual harassment, extreme working conditions, and other human rights violations, many try to escape their employers. Runaways are often kidnapped and forced into prostitution.<sup id="cite_ref-state.gov_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.gov-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> E-commerce sites are being used for buying and selling maids online.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the government did not report any prosecutions or convictions of alleged human traffickers.<sup id="cite_ref-state.gov_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state.gov-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, although there were 177 trafficking cases prosecuted, none were for sex trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-state18_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state18-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Office_to_Monitor_and_Combat_Trafficking_in_Persons" title="Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons">Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons</a> ranks Saudi Arabia as a '<a href="/wiki/Trafficking_in_Persons_Report#Ranking_System" title="Trafficking in Persons Report">Tier 2 Watch List</a>' country.<sup id="cite_ref-state18_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state18-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Saudi_Arabia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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