That paper has been criticised, e.g. by [1]: doesn't measure trafficing, it only measures how many incidenses of trafficing are detected by the government. [..

That paper has been criticised, e.g. by [1]: doesn't measure trafficing, it only measures how many incidenses of trafficing are detected by the government. [...] This is important because we'd expect law enforcement detected cases of trafficking to go up under legalization, even if legalization reduced the actual number of trafficking victims. When prostitution is legal, victims of trafficing have less to fear by going to law enforcement (therefore making it more likely they will do so) and law enforcement can concentrate their efforts on prostitution operations that are still trying to avoid law enforcement, thus increasing their efficiency. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/49ivf2/would_you_legalize_prostitution/d0saw3y https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/49ivf2...