Prostitution in Overseas France varies from area to area with regard to extent, law enforcement and legality. Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer) consists of all the French-administered territories outside Continental Europe. These territories have varying legal status and different levels of autonomy. Almost all inhabited French administrative divisions outside Europe are classified as either overseas regions or overseas collectivites. There is also one Overseas territory and two territories with Special status. Overseas regions Overseas regions have identical status to regions in metropolitan France and French law is in force. Selling sex is legal, but related activities such as solicitation and brothel keeping are illegal. On 6 April 2016, the French National Assembly voted to outlaw the buying of sexual services. French Guiana Although illegal, prostitution in French Guiana is common, especially in the gold mining areas of the interior. Some people are driven into prostitution by poverty. The HIV rate is the highest of any French territory, and sex workers are at risk due to inconsistent condom use. Women and children from Suriname are victims of sex trafficking in French Guiana. Although brothels were outlawed in 1946 by Loi Marthe Richard, the French military continued to run "Bordel militaire de campagne". The last one on French territory was at Kourou until it was closed in 1995 following a complaint of unfair competition from a local pimp. Guadeloupe Despite the law, prostitution occurs in Guadeloupe. The old town centre of Pointe-à-Pitre is taken over by prostitutes from the Dominican Republic plying their trade after dark, and abandoned houses are turned into makeshift brothels. The Grand-Baie area in the Pointe-à-Pitre suburb of Le Gosier is also known for prostitution, as is Saint-François, where many prostitutes work. Dominican prostitutes also work from bars in Le Gosier. In May 2017 a Dominican prostitution ring was dismantled, and 16 people arrested. The 3 ringleaders, 2 men and a woman, were indicted for pimping, procuring and assisting with illegal residence. The ring smuggled in dozens of Dominican women to work at several locations. Le Centre Associatif de Santé et d’Accompagnement sur les risques sexuels (CASA) (eng:The Associative Center for Health and Support on Sexual Risks), who provide support and information to sex workers, especially in the area of sexual health, have called for the decriminalisation of sex work and the opening of brothels. Prostitutes are known locally as "pangnols". Martinique The first laws on prostitution in