Sex workers returned to SF streets after Backpage.com shut down Posted by tortilla on Monday October 15, 2018 @08:17PM from the sfchronicle.com dept. https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/The-Scanner-Sex-workers-returned-to-SF-streets-13304257.php ( 3 comments | 36 points | on HN )
Making it illegal has only done wonders for pimps and traffickers. Nor has it deterred any persistent customers.
(Though the word gets used in a contradictory fashion, so if you google it, you might find my remark confusing.)