Striptease Club in Yerevan, Armenia

In Armenia engaging in prostitution is an administrative offence punished by a fine of twenty times the minimum salary unit used for fines, forty times for a repeat within a year; trafficking and exploitation victims are released from liability for offences committed under coercion. Buying sex from an adult is not an offence. The Criminal Code of 2021 defines prostitution as regularly, or with that intent, performing sexual acts with another person for remuneration or its promise. Pimping (Article 298) carries a fine, community work, restriction of liberty or two to five years; facilitating prostitution by creating, managing or keeping an establishment for it, or providing a flat, building, car or other dwelling (Article 299), carries a fine, community work or up to three years. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/armenia/, reviewed 2026-11-03, CC BY 4.0.