Senegal — Legal Help

Policing and courts operate in French; carry a copy of your passport, as ID checks happen. If arrested, request consular notification immediately and engage an avocat — your embassy can supply a lawyer list, visit you and contact family, but cannot intervene in the case. Do not sign French-language statements you cannot read without counsel or a translator present.

The general age of consent is 16, but the commercial threshold is the registration age of 21 — paying anyone under 18 is child exploitation with severe penalties, and engaging unregistered workers exposes both parties to soliciting-related charges.