How many times will we have to repeat that, absent other aggravating factors, the likelihood that police will try to "track down" a client is extremely low?
I would also add that, of the 153 people arrested for buying sex from an adult in Quebec in 2024 (see my post #843), a large fraction were likely denounced to the police
by a sex worker for other criminal acts (e.g. theft, assault). The large year over year increase in the (still very small) number of arrests is likely
not mainly due to changing political priorities, as I suggested in my initial post. After further thought and discussion with a source in the industry, I think it's more likely that, in the post #MeToo era, women, including sex workers, feel more empowered to denounce to authorities various forms of abuse by men, and that one direct consequence of this is an increase in arrests for buying sex (see my point above about related criminal acts). I will remind everyone that the current legal framework aims to protect sex workers and to criminalize their clients.