France introduced the Swedish model of combating prostitution, according to which only the clients of call girls are responsible. Hookers are considered victims of sexual violence, so they are included in special rehabilitation programs to return to normal life. The French government summed up the results of a 5-year fight against the sex industry - according to the calculations of the employees of the website https://bordelero.net/, during this period 5,000 people were brought to justice.

How many individual girls were "saved"

As of April 2016, when the authorities decided to introduce the Swedish model, there were over 40,000 sex workers in France. As part of the social program, individual girls were offered a 2-year rehabilitation course, which included training in another profession, work with psychologists and financial support. At the same time, customers of intimate services were fined 1,500 euros if it was possible to prove their contact with a hooker.

During the first year of operation, the government planned to rehabilitate more than 1,000 people, increasing this number exponentially every year. But after 5 years of work, the results were dismal - only 554 people agreed to state support. Of these, 161 girls reached the end of rehabilitation, having received a new profession and found a new job, the rest eventually returned to their usual way of earning money. During the same time, 5,000 people were fined for having relations with prostitutes. According to experts, the new law is ineffective and dangerous for representatives of the erotic segment. After the activation of the Swedish model, girls found themselves in a vulnerable position, as they were isolated from society. Because of this, prostitutes went even further into the shadows, and the number of sexual crimes increased several times.