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Prostitution is nominally legal in Lebanon. Although the law on prostitution requires that brothels be licensed, including regular testing for disease, government policy is not to issue new licenses for brothels, in an attempt to gradually eliminate legal prostitution in the country. As a result, most prostitution occurs illegally. Some prostitutes are Eastern European and Russian women who entered the country for sexual exploitation. Women working in adult clubs are closely monitored by the Surete Generale, the border control agency. Their residency permits do not exceed six months, and they are deported if they are caught overstaying their permits. Most of these women entered the country knowing that they would be working in adult clubs.^[1]

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