The approach you are advocating is incorrect because you are only targeting the symptom and not the solution to the problem. Now you have two problems, one of d

The approach you are advocating is incorrect because you are only targeting the symptom and not the solution to the problem. Now you have two problems, one of disenfranchised people (who are now criminals) and one of people wanting to exchange money for legitimate services who are forbidden to. If you instead permitted and regulated the industry but protected those who work in it, you'd be in a far better situation.