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for forced labor, and up to five years' imprisonment for forced prostitution of women and children. The Penal Code also criminalizes child prostitution. The prescribed penalties for forced labor are sufficiently stringent. The penalty for forced prostitution - five years' imprisonment - is sufficiently stringent, though not commensurate with penalties prescribed under
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