I realize this is nitpicking since you were just reaching for examples to list, but a plethora of research and even the WHO has suggested that criminalizing sex

I realize this is nitpicking since you were just reaching for examples to list, but a plethora of research and even the WHO has suggested that criminalizing sex work primarily just makes things even more dangerous for sex workers. This is part of what makes the efforts by law enforcement to rebrand their battle against prostitution as a battle against "human trafficking" especially insidious. Regardless of how a trafficked human got where they are, making sex work illegal only makes it harder for those workers to practice their work safely. A perfect example of this is whatever that American law was that made Backpage take down what was effectively their adult services section, there was a fairly substantial outcry at the time from members of the 'industry' because this had been a tool that allowed at least some minimal way to vet clients.