Moldova sanctions both selling and buying sex as contraventions. Article 89 of the Contravention Code defines prostitution as satisfying a person's sexual desire by any method or means in exchange for payment; it carries a fine of 14 to 26 conventional units or 10 to 20 hours of community work, and paying or promising payment for such services carries 36 to 48 units or 40 to 60 hours. A person who acted against their will is exempt. Proxenetism (Article 220 of the Criminal Code) covers inciting or inducing prostitution, facilitating it and profiting from another person's prostitution, with a fine or two to five years. The 2022 Law on Advertising prohibits advertising that encourages, directly or indirectly, behaviour contrary to the law. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/moldova/, reviewed 2026-11-03, CC BY 4.0.