Re:Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Un...
by jariel on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:34AM
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Stormy Daniels may have some insight, but she's not exactly a scientist.
From Harvard Law School:
"Criminalization of prostitution in Sweden resulted in the shrinking of the prostitution market and the decline of human trafficking inflows. Cross-country comparisons of Sweden with Denmark (where prostitution is decriminalized) and Germany (expanded legalization of prostitution) are consistent with the quantitative analysis, showing that trafficking inflows decreased with criminalization and increased with legalization."
It seems there's ample data indicating that increasing the market for the sex trade increases the black market for it.
FYI - smoking, same. When less people smoke, there's a smaller black market. [2]
From Harvard Law School:
"Criminalization of prostitution in Sweden resulted in the shrinking of the prostitution market and the decline of human trafficking inflows. Cross-country comparisons of Sweden with Denmark (where prostitution is decriminalized) and Germany (expanded legalization of prostitution) are consistent with the quantitative analysis, showing that trafficking inflows decreased with criminalization and increased with legalization."
It seems there's ample data indicating that increasing the market for the sex trade increases the black market for it.
FYI - smoking, same. When less people smoke, there's a smaller black market. [2]
[1] https://orgs.law.harvard.edu/lids/2014/06/12/does-legalized-...
[2] https://tobaccoatlas.org/topic/illicit-trade/