Prostitution in the Netherlands went through a similar transition a few years ago, it's now fully decriminalised. The results have been mixed however. It has c

Prostitution in the Netherlands went through a similar transition a few years ago, it's now fully decriminalised. The results have been mixed however. It has created a new market of prostitutes, typically illegal immigrants forced into it by human traffickers, who are willing to do more for less than the legal ones. Meanwhile the legal ones are forced to pay taxes with all the paper work that comes with it, since they are now first class citizens, and they are understandably unhappy about that and typically try to evade taxes, making their activity illegal again. I don't think criminalising it again would be a good idea, but there is no easy solution for this issue.