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Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by slowmotiony on Monday August 07, 2017 @04:31AM (#14946039)
Well, Germany also legalitzed it and quickly rose up the ranks to be a top human trafficking spot in Europe, but it seems like everyone in this thread completely ignores it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Germany

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Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by icebraining on Monday August 07, 2017 @04:57AM (#14946135)
Your link doesn't say that Germany is a top human trafficking spot in Europe, or that it only became so after legalization. Do you have a better one?
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Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by JepZ on Monday August 07, 2017 @04:56AM (#14946132)
Well, but the story doesn't seem to be over yet (02.07.2017):

http://www.dw.com/en/germany-introduces-unpopular-prostituti...

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Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by sitharus on Monday August 07, 2017 @04:54AM (#14946124)
I'm not going to argue against the facts, but I will argue that the results for victims are different. If a victim of sex trafficking is caught on the street when prostitution is illegal they're now a criminal and will probably be dealt with as such by police looking for easy numbers.

When they haven't committed a crime they should be able to get aid from the authorities and their pimps and traffickers arrested.

Unfortunately this isn't a perfect world and resources aren't always available for whatever reason. I don't like it, but I also don't like creating criminals out of victims.

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