Article 206 Bis Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE EIGHT. CRIMES AGAINST THE FREE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY. · CHAPTER VI. Pandering and Trafficking in Persons.
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Commits the crime of pimping:
I.- Every person who exploits the body of another by means of carnal commerce, maintains themselves from this commerce or obtains from it any profit whatsoever;
II.- Whoever induces or solicits a person so that, with another, they sexually trade with their body or facilitates the means for them to engage in prostitution, and
III.- Whoever keeps, administers or maintains directly or indirectly, brothels, assignation houses or places of gathering expressly dedicated to exploiting prostitution, or obtains any benefit from their products.