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Prostitution

Prostitution is legal in the Netherlands as long as it involves sex between consenting adults. Abuses like forced prostitution, underage prostitution and unsafe working conditions still occur. To give prostitutes better protection and improve their lives, the government wants to change the rules for businesses in the sex industry. The government also wants to make it a criminal offence to engage the services of a prostitute younger than 21.

Question and answer

  • Am I allowed to work as a prostitute in the Netherlands?
  • As a prostitute, where can I report unsafe working conditions?
  • Where can I get help if I am being forced to work as a prostitute?
  • As a witness, how can I report forced prostitution?

See also

  • Human trafficking IND
  • Difference between trafficking in women and other types of human trafficking
  • Prostitutie en uitbuiting, januari 2013 (Engels) Rijksoverheid.nl
  • Human trafficking and people smuggling Topic
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