If law enforcement actually wanted to tackle the trafficking problem in Houston, they would go after the outlets.
All it takes is a quick search on rubmaps.com to see where you can buy sex, right now, in Houston.
After that, they can go after people on Tryst. It's such an open secret because there is so much money being passed around.
Human trafficking is integral to Houston's economy and culture. They won't do anything about it because they don't want to.
The only solution to make sex work safer in Houston is to legalize it. Which they also won't do because they're "better than that" and legalization would result in better treatment of workers at the expense of employers.
Just like global warming, the consequences for funneling as much money to as few people as possible will not be immediately apparent.
Aviation, military, infrastructure, medicine, agriculture, all of it is going to get worse in subtle ways before we notice how broken they've become. People just can't be expected to care when they're not being compensated accordingly. The more people who realize that 'work' isn't about supporting society, it's about serving the ruling class, the more people will slack off because they don't actually care about the work being done.
Quality is down. Prices are up.
These problems will continue to get worse as long as the disparity in wealth continues to grow.