Looking at it from the other side.
As I see this scandal in the headlines in both gringo and latino media, I can't help but think of all the chicas who have told their families in the past that they've gone to Cartagena to work as waitresses or in a hotel, club, etc. Surely somewhere in Colombia, some suspicions have been raised. And any chica thinking of going to CTG now maybe thinking twice about it, or will have to be even more creative with the little white lies.
OTOH, I've met a lot of chicas who said that their families already know. I wonder about the fate of Pleyclub or LDV in some moralistic backlash. However, the urge for $ is so great in CO, and the urge for cX0Cha as well, that it'll probably be business as usual.
I've been there so many times I've actually made some nice connections with a few normal locals, but I'm waiting a long time before I go back. And I feel bad for the good people of CTG now that it has now become synonymous with mongering.