Prostitution of minors in France has risen by up 43 percent over the last four years, according to official figures published Friday. The government insists it remains committed to cracking down on exploitation networks, a decade after a landmark law made paying for sexual services a crime.
Maybe all the sex workers that say criminzalization isn’t the answer are on to something.
Decriminalize & legalize adult sex work if you want to address child trafficking.
Nonces are going to nonce
Also, legalising prostitution makes protecting women from being trafficked harder
How’s that?
Essentially, if police come across a brothel and the women (who are coerced) claim they are there consensually, they cannot do much. If it’s illegal, then they can actually get them to safety so they can tell them they were forced. If they weren’t, they can just drop the charges. This is basically what Northern Ireland has been doing- and the only people who have been convicted were also convicted of perpetuating human trafficking (they weren’t a victim)
how many visits by the orange menace?
is it the case where small numbers have big changes and not something to be worried about? like if a few years ago it was like 5 cases and this year 10 (100% increase!!!).
or a genuine problem?
rule of thumb is to be skeptical about large percentage changes for rare cases.
How do they measure this data? Do you mean “known cases of child sex trafficking raise by 43%”
704 in 2025 vs. 492 (my calculation) in 2021.
Miprof said the growth in recorded cases was partly linked to efforts by grassroots organisations to identify and support victims, as well as improvements in the way police handle such cases.
