You are making the all too common and incorrect assumption that banning an in-demand good or service is a good way to prevent it from being bought and sold. Ma

You are making the all too common and incorrect assumption that banning an in-demand good or service is a good way to prevent it from being bought and sold. Making prostitution illegal doesn't stop it, it just pushes it underground where it becomes a massive revenue stream for organized crime and the state is powerless to regulate the industry and protect its workers. To top it off, the increase in price caused by illegality becomes a strong incentive for human traffickers, making worse the problem you were trying to solve in the first place.