Since when do police go after the Johns?
I guess when you notice some big fish on the pay list.
And why wasn't the "other" bigger name released?
And how the hell is Kraft supposed to know that these women have been "trafficked"?
They do indeed do that. Police in general are well aware of what's going on in a particular area, they know if you're a low level drug dealer for example, likely will choose to do nothing about that . They have tons of resources to track down a criminal they really want, like a serial rapist.
It is common practice for them to send a female officer posing as a Ho, and busting Johns for a relatively minor misdeamor. That has the potential to ruin your proffesional and personal life. I kind of consider that to be entrapment, the police created the crime here. They should have higher priority crimes to solve. Using a bait car against car thieves is entrapment, but clearly acceptable to most folks, getting the bad guy put away
Now your John didn't do anything to wrong, he just wants some head he's maybe not getting from a wife, could be a school principal or any number of respected pillar of the community sorts.
Of course the cop's go the other way also, send in a guy cop, to bust the female pro
A city as unique as Vegas has to deal with this conundrum. They do in fact by having zones where it is allowed and laws don't get enforced