Legal analysis: Prostitution is an illegal act in our country, but it is not directly recognized as a crime.

Therefore, in different countries, there will be different penalties.

Under the following special circumstances, prostitution is a crime: 1. Whoever prostitutes a girl under the age of fourteen will be punished as rape.

2. Whoever solicits prostitution knowing that he or she is suffering from syphilis, gonorrhea or other serious sexually transmitted diseases shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or surveillance, and shall also be fined not more than 5,000 yuan.

Legal basis: Article 66 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 66 Whoever engages in prostitution or whoring shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined not more than 5,000 yuan; if the circumstances are relatively minor,

shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.

Anyone who solicits prostitution in a public place shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than 500 yuan.