RABAT , Morocco, May 29 (UPI) -- The Moroccan government published data on its sex workers industry days after a film on the subject premiered at the Cannes, France, Film Festival.
Despite criticism that the information made available is out of date and inaccurate, it is the first acknowledgement of a sex trade industry in Morocco. It comes after the debut of "Zin Li Fik," or "Much Loved," a film about prostitution in Morocco by Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch, in Cannes. The film, which remains banned in Morocco, evidently prompted the government's release of the data.