A new
study entitled "Estimating
the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major
US Cities" investigated the sex trade in eight big American cities has
been published. A detailed investigation into the industry in Miami ,
Dallas , Washington ,
D.C., Denver , Kansas
City, San Diego , and Seattle found that Hispanic prostitutes and pimps are a growing part of the
sex trade.
Aside
from brothels, the human sex trade in large American cities also includes
internet-based trafficking and erotic massage parlors in addition to
street-based prostitution. Street-based prostitution, which has the lowest
prices, was found to be in decline as girls increasingly ply their trade in
strip clubs and massage parlors or the internet, which are all safer compared
to the streets.
However,
the study also found that the overall national demand for sex work has
decreased, and that prostitution is no longer so common and as well paid.
Prostitution under Thailand criminal law is illegal – section 286 of the Penal Code states: “Any person, being over
sixteen years of age, subsists on the earning of a prostitute, even if it is some
part of her incomes, shall be punished with imprisonment of seven to twenty
years and fined of fourteen thousand to forty thousand Baht, or imprisonment
for life.”
Read the full study here
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