A first-of-its-kind DOJ-funded study debunks myths around sex workers and pimping.
"In some cities, the underground commercial sex economy accounts for as much as $300 million a year.
That's according to a first-of-its-kind study, funded by the Justice Department and conducted by the Urban Institute, that provides estimates on the size of the underground sex economy.
The study focused on eight cities in 2003 and 2007, chosen to show regional diversity and also because of available data, official cooperation, and the availability of a sufficient number of convicted pimps and sex traffickers. In major cities such as Miami, the underground sex economy was estimated as $302 million in 2003; in Atlanta, it was $290 million in 2007. Washington's underground sex economy accounted for $100 million in 2007."
http://www.nationaljournal.com/economy/the-multimillion-dollar-underground-sex-economy-20140312
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