In Panama, sexual exploitation is a crime Panama’s Penal Code, Chapter II, Article 191 states: «the owner, landlord or manager of an establishment or place to allocate it to the accomplishment of any of the offenses established in this Chapter shall be punished with imprisonment from ten to fifteen years. «
Also governs the Law 16 of March 31, 2004, which among others, states in Article 2 that «the provisions of this Act are mandatory and require natural or legal persons, companies and establishments are or are established in the country. They will also be subject to this Act, individuals who have their domicile abroad, made by themselves or on behalf of a company, activities that are directly or indirectly related to marketing of goods and services through global information networks, providers of tourist services that can generate or promote national and international tourism. «
Ernesto Chong de León, Ernesto Emilio Chong Coronado