A handful of other differences in the scope of these provisions prohibiting procurement are significant enough to be highlighted. For example, Panama and Guatemala limit the definition of procuring to apply only to those individuals who promote or facilitate prostitution for profit or to satisfy the desires of others.
The Dominican Republic,
on the other hand, expands the basic definition of pandering to include
individuals who "by threats, pressure, or any other means disturb the
prevention, assistance and re education activities of those qualified
organizations working with males and females engaged in or at risk of
engaging in prostitution". Finally, Honduras includes in the scope of its
procuring law the individual who "prevents or impedes another person
from abandoning prostitution".
Pandering
Living off the profits of a person engaged in prostitution is
another crime under which traffickers can be prosecuted. The crime of
pandering is nearly identical in the countries that have this crime,
which includes all countries in the region except for El Salvador and
Honduras.
To be guilty of pandering, it is not necessary that an
individual makes his or her entire living off of others prostitution;
rather, the provisions in this region explicitly provide that maintaining
oneself even if only in part off of a person engaging in prostitution
is sufficient. The Dominican Republic, while it does not have a specific
provision on pandering, does include in its definition the broad phrase
"whoever receives benefits from the exercise of prostitution".
Arguably, this phrase could include pandering activities.
| Country | Penalty for Basic Procurement Offense | Penalty for Procurement Aggravating Factors Present | Penalty for Pimping | Attempt Punishable Same Penalty |
| Belize | 5 years | N/A | 1st Conviction: Fine up to BZ $100 or up to 6 months Subsequent conviction: up to 1 year | - |
| Costa Rica | 2-5 years | 4-10 years; | 2-8 years 3-9 years where victim is 12 to 18/4-10 years where victim is under 12 | - |
| Dominican Republic | 6 months-3 years and fine of 50,000-500,000 pesos | 2-10 years and fine of 100,000-1,000,000 pesos | N/A | - |
| El Salvador | 2-4 years | 2-4 years and fine of 50-100 days pay | N/A | - |
| Guatemala | Fine of 2,500-10,000 quetzals | Penalty increased by one-third | Fine of 2,500-15,000 quetzals | - |
| Honduras | 5-8 years and fine of 50,000-100,000 lempiras | Penalty increased by half | N/A | - |
| Nicaragua | 3-6 years | 10 years | 2-4 years | - |
| Panama | 2-4 years | 3-5 years | 2-4 years | - |