Prostitution in Germany

Prostitution in Germany is examined here through reporting on legality, enforcement, safety, and changing conditions in the German sex industry. The page includes coverage of the SWR documentary Inside Germany’s controversial sex industry, which explores legal sex work and political calls for restrictions on paid sex and brothels. It also reports on an illegal brothel in Koblenz that was closed during inspections.

Further articles address serious allegations involving a police officer and two sex workers during an illegal prostitution investigation, as well as the effects of COVID-19 on brothels and legally operating work in Germany in prostitution news after COVID-19. Readers can also find an explanation of the eight-second safety rule. Related coverage includes Illegal Prostitution, Safety and Violence, and Prostitution in Spain.

Prostitution in Germany