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In reply to the discussion: What are the main reasons men pay for sex? [View all]johnlucas
(1,250 posts)If you plug the leak on one side but fail to plug it on the other side, you still have a leak & your container won't hold the water.
What you do is TRACK DOWN the traffickers. Stop it at the source.
You do this with licenses & severe penalties for anybody who tries to operate without one or who violates the license they obtain by trafficking.
Every establishment should have an exhaustive database of employers & employeesdocumented & licensed.
Legalization does not HAVE to lead to more trafficking.
And by keeping it ILLEGAL the ones who are being trafficked now live in the shadows TOTALLY unprotected because they are shamed by society at large on one side & abused by the traffickers on the other side.
These societies which have increased trafficking are not doing the proper follow through.
They just legalized it & let it go.
They're not fully regulating it & are not enforcing their regulations.
It's very easy to stop.
Stop it at the top. Hit those in charge of the employ with no consequences to the ones employed.
Encourage hotlines where victimized women can speak out & expose a trafficker.
That's what cleans up the business.
And what REALLY will clean it up is no diplomatic immunity from traffickers who flee back to their unregulated homelands.
You do this dirt in this country, we pick you up in YOUR country with your country's blessing.
Honestly I think these countries don't do the due diligence because they are ashamed of the trade altogether.
Regulate & ENFORCE. That ends the exploitation.
It's exactly how the food industry was regulated over 100 years ago.
John Lucas