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Colombia's Medellín declares war on sex tourism after US citizen found with two little girls at a hotel (english.elpais.com)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 7 months ago (2 children)

At a press conference, Mayor Federico Gutiérrez said that he would be signing two decrees: one, prohibiting sex work in the area of Medellín for six months, and another, the enforcement of a 1 a.m. closing time for bars in the area for a month.

So now people will not be able to make a living because of this scumbag. Were I a sex-worker in the area, I'd be pretty pissed off. I don't know a better way to address this, I'm just saying that this is why we can't have nice things.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A far better solution would be to get the sex workers to help with finding and stopping paedophiles & the pimps who support this horrific shit

Get the police to worth with, not against, sex workers.

I'd bet anything that sex workers would be able to help identify and track down under-age prostitution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I hadn't actually considered this. I think you're probably right.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

This doesn’t even address the problem. Literally doing nothing is a better solution than the one implemented.