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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by hellofunk on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:29AM (#16657844)
I'm not in disagreement with you about legalization of prostitution in general, but with regards specifically to sex trafficking, there is much evidence from several countries that legalization actually makes sex trafficking worse -- most likely due to increased demand for a service anyone can enjoy legally.
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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by wu-ikkyu on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:44AM (#16657997)
Could you cite some of this evidence?
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Re:Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response t... by hellofunk on Friday March 23, 2018 @11:38AM (#16659181)
The issue comes up quite often in the local papers here in the Netherlands. Some other commenters here have pointed to some other reports from other countries.
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