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BONN, Germany — The city introduced a parking meter for prostitutes Monday, requiring street sex workers to pay $8.60 in tax per night to carry on their trade.
Bonn is the first German city to introduce the meter system. It already taxes women working in brothels. City officials say the tax will raise $290,000 annually from about 200 women in the trade.
Prostitutes will pay the fee by feeding coins into an electronic meter and receiving a printed ticket, which they must show on demand to tax inspectors sent to check.
Sex workers are allowed on one street in the city. Last year, authorities erected six parking bays, surrounded by wooden screens on three sides, permitting clients to meet prostitutes without being watched from other cars.
