Which brings us to the Jeffrey Epstein case. I haven't done any research on the matter, I can only offer a global perspective. Those who deny the existence of prostitution are the ones who run it. Prostitution is a business of slavery. Put a girl under enough financial stress, and she will sell her body.
Once upon a time I was looking for a wife, and I got involved with a Dutch model. Her agency sent her to NYC with the promise of work, but the work didn't materialize and she ran out of money. I could tell this was a setup for prostitution. I'm not sure exactly how this wrapped up, but it was positive for her. I think someone got her out of there via the Dutch embassy. But one has to have political connections in order to recruit international sex workers...
Nobody wants to fuck the old, fat and ugly (except the seriously perverted), so there has to be some organization to select the highest quality product. Powerful organization that is able to recruit sex workers from resources that attract children and teens, then use deception to lure them into a trap. Like entertainment scouts, pageants and of course, modeling agencies.