To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (781404 ) 4/23/2014 5:35:11 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to I've read about the backtrack on prostitution ..... there is still crime and trafficking of women and girls despite legalized prostitution: 80 percent of legal women prostitutes in the Netherlands were actually trafficking victims and not of their own free will. By 2009, the Netherlands had closed approximately 2/3 of the legal brothels in Amsterdam because of its inability to control traffickers. The Dutch government realized that legal prostitution created an environment which was so attractive to organized crime that the government could not control the traffickers as international organized criminals began to take over the city. 65 to 80 percent of the female prostitutes are non-Germans with most being from Romania and Bulgaria. The women are lured to the country under the guise that they will be independent business women. When they get to Germany, they find they have no choice when they work, what services they perform, how many customers they receive and whether they can leave or not. Most are too afraid to go to the police because the pimp/trafficker threatens her family. When the police raid the brothels, the fearful women tell the police she is working willingly. Both legal and illegal brothels were trafficking foreign women to keep operating costs low (a trafficked victim is much cheaper than an employee with free will). Not only does legalized prostitution increase demand for trafficked sex workers, but it changes the way pimps and brothels are viewed by both the police and the citizens. With prostitution legal, pimps are considered legitimate business owners, which provides an ideal cover for trafficking and other crimes. It also creates an environment where it is harder for the trafficking victims to come forward and find support. examiner.com Don't know about marijuana situation there ... I guess the problem with both things is they attract bad elements and increase demand dramatically. I am skeptical of the idea that vices can be tamed and made socially harmless just by legalizing them. Worse, I expect legalization of dope in the US to lead to a RIGHT to use without any "discrimination" by employers, landlords, etc. And eventually health insurance will require payment for medical marijuana.
