They are using the "trafficked women" argument to shut down sex-related businesses and eventually increase the land value.
What a crock.
The women are pretty visible - if there are so many of them being trafficked why aren't they being "rescued" and the police arresting the owners of the brothels and the traffickers?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18723756
Most people who are trafficked don't require rescueing because they are complicit in being trafficked as well. On one hand they are being exploited by criminal elements who are breaking all sorts of laws to do it, but they are also getting a reward as well. That might be part of the money they generate, or it might be that they have been smuggled in to a more desirable country/location they normally would not be able to live in.
In countries with legalized prostitution and/or brothels, the trafficked women are usually not in the legal houses, they are kept in illegal underground operations, so it is not as simple as just arresting the owners. You have to find them first, and then prove it. The traffickers run these underground operations because it eliminates the tax/administrative cost associated with a legal regulated facility, and it allows them to smuggle in foreign girls who will work for much less than local girls. And because these foreign girls are working illegally, they are less likely to complain about working conditions or how much they are being paid. So, even in a country with legalized regulated prostitution, it is much more profitable to run an illegal unregulated operation. Criminals will take advantage of that.
Legalizing prostitution will not eliminate trafficking - that is a snake that has to be dealt with by law enforcement irrespective of the legal status of prostitution itself.
