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Originally Posted by Zee

If it was legal, brothels would be better advertised and wouldn't be these seedy "heard about it from someone who knows" places that the general public aren't immediately aware of. Prostitutes wouldn't automatically avoid the police or be hostile with them if it was legalised and would probably co-operate with the police to figure out which prostitutes were there under their own free will and which ones weren't. Human trafficking is a problem either way, but if prostitution is legal then there's more chance the police can regulate it and figure out who's running these rings.

Unless they're a high class hooker; most women in the UK are on drugs or do it because there's no other choice. I just don't see how making it legal would help the women who are already in trouble. They have teams dedicated to that kind of thing but they need to really clamp down on the problem before they even think about making it legal. The police already know most brothels that operate, but if it was made legal they would be popping up at a massive rate. There's already police cuts as it is so they couldn't pick them all with a fine tooth comb. I think it would just make it easier for criminal gangs to make it out as a legitimate brothel with the police doing a lazy job of properly searching. And who is to say any of the women would cooperate anyway? Some are in fear of their lives. People are just making out it would be an easy switch. But the UK isn't like Amsterdam or other places, it's just not in our culture.