Prostitution by adults is legal in Brazil and appears in the Brazilian Classification of Occupations as "profissional do sexo" (5198-05), but third-party involvement is largely criminalised. The Penal Code punishes inducing or attracting someone into prostitution or other sexual exploitation, facilitating it or preventing someone from leaving it (2 to 5 years); maintaining an establishment where sexual exploitation occurs (2 to 5 years); and profiting directly from another person's prostitution or being supported by them (1 to 4 years). In 2018 the Superior Court of Justice held that keeping a venue where adults sell sex freely, without exploitation, is not a crime under article 229. A 2025 bill in the Chamber of Deputies would make prostitution in the street a misdemeanour. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/brazil/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.