In the past there have been several areas that have closed strip clubs or passed laws making stripping illegal. I started to search to see what effect this may have on the illegal trafficking in those areas. I have not come up with any results. This is interesting because many times the excuse used to restrict stripping or to close strip clubs was to stop human trafficking or to slow the process in those areas. Does anyone know if this method of closing strip clubs or illegalizing some form of stripping has any effect on the sex trafficking in those areas? If so where can I find these results?
Lynn, it's odd that you have had no answers to your question because it is an important one. It's also strange that there are no scholarly studies on this issue. It would be important to have this information before passing a law to close strip clubs due to a problem that doesn't exist.
On the other hand, I've read in newspapers but not scholarly sources that there is sex trafficking in strip clubs as some of the workers are from eastern Europe and Latin America and they are shuttled around from club to club in different cities.
I am now doing some research into human trafficking, specifically in the beauty industry and its link to both labor and sexual exploitation. I feel it is a multidimensional problem is a challenge to the community. What I have seen is strip clubs are often just one element in the equation. Typically for the true impact to occur on the dynamics of sex trafficking in an area requires a multidimensional community involvement, to include a true commitment by local government, area business leaders, residents and a well-planned enforcement initiative. While it is naïve to assume that these efforts will only remove the challenge from the community. The average can disrupt the activities of the targeted area
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