Over the last few years, webcam modelling has transformed into a fully-fledged market in Kyrgyzstan, with mostly young women offering virtual sexual services to foreigners online. There are as yet no official statistics on the numbers of people involved in this business, but it’s a highly controversial and much discussed issue in the country. Yet while some people want to point the finger at the young women and accuse them of immorality, others earn a very good (and apparently tax-free) living from them.
Both men and women work in this growing industry, but in Kyrgyzstan it’s mostly young girls who are involved. It’s rare that these women find the websites themselves, figure out what to do and begin earning money for their services. As a rule, enterprising businessmen identify the girls who they want to make money off.
