Figure 7. Top 5 Countries - Expatriate employment by Nationalities and Industry.NBS, 2019
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21. Similarly, application of national victim identification guideline remained nominal.39
An average of 13 cases of female sex workers were reported annually. 40 MPS
investigated 3 cases of forced female prostitution from 2018 to 2019 and 2 of such cases
were sent for prosecution.41
Cases/Incidences of prostitution-perpetrators
Females
Males
34
29
23
22
13
12
9
5
2015
2016
2017
2018
8
10
2019
Figure 8. Reported Prostitution related incidents to Maldives Police Services. MPS,202042
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