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Saturday 26 May RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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Prostitution in the Netherlands

Prostitution is allowed in the Netherlands, but the government has recently imposed tighter regulation on the industry. In this dossier, you'll find recent RNW articles and a FAQ page on prostitution in this country.

Article: Dutch aid projects for prostitutes abroad to be continued

Twelve foreign prostitutes paid a visit to Dutch Development Cooperation Minister Ben Knapen on Wednesday, as his ministry has been financing an aid programme for sex workers abroad. The programme focuses on health and safety issues, as...

Video: Fake prostitutes helping to fight human trafficking

Police are deploying fake prostitutes to try to stamp out illegal prostitution in Dutch hote. In an undercover operation, they sent actresses from Eastern Europe to spend three days in three hotels in Amsterdam. Every day, the actresses...

Article: Russian roulette in the Red Light District

Patricia Perquin worked as a prostitute in Amsterdam for over four years. She had huge debts as a result of her shopping addiction. A friend suggested she should go into prostitution to pay them off. Never, she thought. Three weeks later,...

Article: Human trafficking and how to combat it

Human trafficking and forced prostitution – it’s only too easy to get trapped in this web of violence, dependence and exploitation, but how - if ever - do you get out again? In his recent book The Fatal Trap Dutch police...

Article: Paedophile club censors own website

Dutch paedophile association Martijn has removed pictures of naked children from its website in response to “persistent attacks”, a spokesperson for the group says. Both the Public Prosecutor's Offie and a court in the ...

Video: "Old whores" still ready to party

If you see the two sweet, little old ladies wearing their grey, knitted dresses and colourful scarves, you'd never guess they've been working in Amsterdam's Red Light District for nearly half a century. But as soon as Martine and Louise...

Article: Cuba takes up Twitter – and encounters opposition

Mariela Castro, daughter of the Cuban president, debuted on Twitter and Youtube this week to shed another light on a recent interview she gave to Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW). But her venture into social media immediately led to an...

Article: Castro’s daughter impressed by Dutch take on prostitution

Praise indeed for the way prostitution is organised in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. The Cuban sexologist Mariela Castro Espín is pleasantly surprised by the facilities that exist for window prostitutes in the Dutch capital.

Article: Crusading against Amsterdam's Red Lights

Amsterdam’s red light district is not picturesque at all; it’s a hotbed of ruthless people trafficking. So says Lodewijk Asscher. For several years now, the young (37) Amsterdam alderman has been waging his own crusade against...

Article: Seven years for trafficking, but where are the convicted?

A Dutch court has sentenced two African men involved in the trafficking of underage Nigerian girls to four and seven years in prison. The two Nigerian accomplices received sentences of 6 and 24 months respectively. Not that the convicted...

Video highlights

"Old whores" still ready to party
If you see the two sweet, little old ladies wearing their grey, knitted...
Alkmaar prostitutes out in the cold
Sex workers in the city of Alkmaar are furious about the decision to close...
Red Light Radio: not just for hookers
They're right between the prostitutes, the DJs of Red Light Radio. In the...
'Hustler' ID card for Dutch prostitutes
The Dutch authorities are planning to force prostitutes to show their...
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