The primary reason why human trafficking is often tied to prostitution is that human trafficking must happen underground. In contrast, in countries which have

The primary reason why human trafficking is often tied to prostitution is that human trafficking must happen underground. In contrast, in countries which have legal bordellos the employment, management, taxation, and state governance of prostitution is much more transparent. If prostitution is legal and open it's more difficult to use it for human trafficking. Making prostitution illegal is like making rain illegal: there have always been and there will always be people who Then, on the other hand, the cases where prostitution is abused for human trafficking we can actually ram down on the human trafficking issues directly as prostitution itself won't be another question.