Why is this a thing in America to begin with? Sex markets do exist no matter what and have been forever.

In Order to really get a handle on some bad side effects and improve everyone’s life, the first step is accepting reality and decriminalize it. Then introduce protection laws for sex workers and make them pay taxes, like everyone else. With regulations and getting real data every action can be tremendously more effective than criminalized (= uncontrolled) black markets.

Even Al Capone was ultimately arrested for tax issues, everything else was not provable in court