 By 1999 , it was reported that in Argentina prostitution of children was increasing at an alarming rate and that the average age was decreasing . The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women ( CATW ) fact book says Argentina is one of the favored destinations of pedophile sex tourists from Europe and the United States . Argentina 's Criminal Code criminalizes the prostitution of minors of eighteen years of age or younger , but it only sanctions those who " promote or facilitate " prostitution , not the client who exploits the minor . 
