I think there’s still ongoing debate on whether legalization and/or decriminalization actually increases human trafficking. Here’s a natural experiment in Europe estimating that legalizing did increase human trafficking in the countries legalizing:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X12001453
I haven’t read the paper, and I don’t know if this just reflects trafficking increasing overall in the world, or just moving to countries with legal prostitution from countries without.
If this effect is real, maybe there’s regulation that could eliminate it.
I think there’s still ongoing debate on whether legalization and/or decriminalization actually increases human trafficking. Here’s a natural experiment in Europe estimating that legalizing did increase human trafficking in the countries legalizing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X12001453
I haven’t read the paper, and I don’t know if this just reflects trafficking increasing overall in the world, or just moving to countries with legal prostitution from countries without.
If this effect is real, maybe there’s regulation that could eliminate it.