Filed under: Amsterdam adult entertainment
Dutch authorities said yesterday that they had busted an international gang which lured women mainly from Hungary to Amsterdam and forced them to work as prostitutes in the city’s infamous red light district.
Nine people have been arrested, including three female Hungarian pimps and Dutch brothel owners, a spokesman for Amsterdam’s prosecution service said yesterday.
Gang members enticed victims to Amsterdam with promises of a better future, where they used violence and rape to intimidate while forcing the women to work as prostitutes in the red-lit windows that attract many tourists to the city each year.
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Voluntary prostitution was legalised in the Netherlands in 2000, but authorities have toughened their stance on the business in recent years to fight the influence of organised crime and clean up inner city areas.
See the full article from “Gulf Times”
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