There are many positives of legalizing prostitution. This reminds me of one of the times visiting a smaller brothel in Switzerland. I have been to a few, but being from the USA, there is still an uneasiness when seeing advertisement out in the public or walking into a apartment where the name is 'Happy girls around'.
Anyway - I ring the door bell, go to the apartment, select the lady. A beautiful, blonde, blue eyes lady from Greece. As I was chitchatting, the door bell rings again and two police officers walk in. They call the girl I was standing next to and start to talk to her. I turned fucking white and leaned against the wall. I've been in the hobby for many years but never ever in the presence of local police.
After a few minutes, which seemed like an eternity, they start laughing, the girl hands the officers something, they shake hands and they start to walk out. WTF just happened. On the way out the officer turns to me, pats my shoulder, says in a heavy accent 'Hello something or other.'. Only understood the first word......could have been German or English.
Took me a good 20 minutes to fucking recover. Apparently one of the girls working in this brothel meet someone that she thinks was working in an unlicensed or could have been trafficked . They called the local police to report and they came over to hear it first hand. The lady from Greece gave her cell number to the detective or officer in case if they need more information. Another WTF I am not in the USA moment.
Pimping and trafficking still occurs like everywhere else in the planet. Except in countries where it is legalized they do not see the police as something to fear and hide from.
The illegal brothels drive the price down, do not add to the tax revenues and are considered bad by the ladies, legal brothels, and authorities. It was very interesting seeing it first hand how there is another system to handle the sex business like any other business. As the lady I saw later mentioned, there she can legally be employed as a sex worker, open a bank account, and if you are in a hotel room with some nutcase call the cops without having anything to worry.
Oh, and the best part - Johns like me can meet and sleep with the most beautiful women in Europe, contribute to the tax revenues, and walk around with a smile without worrying about being thrown in the slammer and having our lives destroyed because two consenting adults want to fuck and exchange of a few hundred Euros.