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The proposed closing (or minimalization) of the red light district has been a topic for quite some years. It has nothing to do with the moral side of things. It's kind of a 'Free Zone' for people to do what they want. Which means that most brothels are owned and/or operated by criminal organizations (Russian, FYR, Hell's Angels, etc.). Drugs, weapons, false IDs, human trafficking, money laundering and more shady shit run rampant. It's beyond government control and Dutch officials don't handle loss of control easily.
This whole clean-up thing will fade away, as there are too many interests concerned.

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