How do they measure this data? Do you mean "known cases of child sex trafficking raise by 43%"
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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They just track billionaires’ jet transponders. Apparently they’ve spent a lot of time in France after the island was shut down.
Seriously though, you’re pretty much correct. It’s akin to the “cancer rates are rising dramatically” headlines, when the only thing that changed is our early detection methods got better. So now it is being caught more, and the number of known cases is rising.
They simply ask the politicians how many children they had sex with that year.
This is what happens when you take away the island but don't jail the people.
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.
Judging by the increase by 43%, it means at least 100 cases. Which is already too many for such a thing.
nevermind, checked the link, it's about 600.
and honestly, it's too much
Not really 3/7 and multiples of it, rounds to 43%, so the lower bound means at least 7 cases.
It went from ~450 to ~700 cases. So it’s not like there are thousands, but it is still a significant increase. And still enough to argue that it’s not just a small numbers issue.
The french president's wife locked on him when he was a teenager (and her, his teacher). I don't expect a pedo couple to push for any solution against the prostitution of minors. They haven't even opened an investigation into the french side of the Epstein Files
how many visits by the orange menace?
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.
Is there any evidence of that or is the thought that since decriminalization generally improves conditions it would also improve the situation around child trafficking?
Cause I could see it making it more common as the barrier/risk is lowered. Doesn't take much to make a fake ID.
I could see an argument that it might follow a similar trajectory as underage pot use, but those aren't exactly similar situations.
The point of legalizing it is that it can be regulated. With legalization comes standardization. You can have legal employers who are legally required to verify employees’ ages, using established systems.
It would also allow the government to confirm that the employees are legally allowed to work in the country. Either citizens or on a valid working visa. This would add substantial roadblocks to trafficking, where one of the primary means of control is moving the victim to another country illegally and then taking their passport away. Limit their mobility, and you limit their ability to flee. But by requiring that all employees are legally allowed to work, it adds a significant roadblock to the traffickers’ MO.
When I was in high school, finding drugs was easier than finding alcohol. Why? Because drug dealers didn’t ask for ID. With alcohol, you had to know someone with a cool older sibling, or know a cashier who would be willing to sell if you slipped them a twenty. But since the latter was under constant surveillance from their employer (because cash registers are almost always video recorded for security purposes) that wasn’t very easy to find. But with drugs, you could walk up to any skater or stoner and ask if they had a connect. You’d have drugs in hand in less than 10 minutes.
But the question is whether or not legal adult prostitution would decrease the amount of child rape.
Making things better and safer for adults to pay for sex with adults is great, but I don't see a direct path to it having an impact on child rape which would be illegal regardless.
The research shows being legal or not doesn't affect the amount of activity. The only difference is when legal the workers experience less violence and safer conditions. https://www.smh.com.au/national/legal-or-not-sex-industry-powers-on-20101005-1669t.html
But since they are children, they can't consent and this is very different. Therefore this thread's OP is I think just hoping legal consenting adults would sway the pedos away from kids all together. But that might just be wishful thinking.
It might actually cut into the ones harassing 17 year olds though, but I don't know it would change anything for the sickos going after younger ones
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.