Prostitution is illegal in Thailand, period. So your claims that it 'doesn't happen' because it's 'illegal' are flawed.
Is that any different from the US. where did I claim that it "doesnt happen" or that legality is the reason it doesn't happen?
estimates of the number of children involved in prostitution living in Thailand ranges from 12,000 to the hundreds of thousands (ECPAT International).
thats a 20 fold difference, I wouldnt call that an estimate, I would call it a wild guess
*Thailand's own* research estimates that 40% of all prostitutes in Thailand are children. You're crazy if you think it's 'no more' than any other city.
they sure hide them well, I wonder what the research involved?
so how many child prostitutes are there estimated to be in the US?