Holland’s Dark Secret: Legalised Prostitution Fuels Violence, Trafficking & Modern Slavery
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Aโฃ chilling exposรฉ โreveals theโฃ devastating consequences of Holland’s legalised prostitution system, with former police officers and โฃcampaigners warning itโข has become a magnet for organised crime, human trafficking, and violence against women. Despite beingโ toutedโ as a progressiveโ solution, legalisation has demonstrably failed toโ protect vulnerable women, โฃinstead fostering anโ environment where they are treated โas commoditiesโ and live in conditions akin to slavery.
for 25 years, the Netherlands โhas โฃpermitted the regulated sale of sex, but the reality on the ground paints a grim picture. Women are reportedly seen “staggering around โat all times โคofโฃ the dayโฃ and night, badlyโข affected byโ drugs and alcohol – with men prowling around and propositioning any woman theyโฃ felt was fair โขgame, whetherโ in prostitution or not.”
The โinfamous โAmsterdamโ red-light district, once a โฃsymbol of Dutch tolerance, isโ now slated for closure โคdue to public โขoutcryโข over escalating crime and exploitation.Though, the proposed replacement – a “mega-brothel” dubbedโค an “erotic center” – scheduled for completion inโ 2031, has sparked further alarm.
“Normalising โคthe buying and selling of women’s bodies is as immoral as it is dangerous,” โขstates Jakob, a former โAmsterdam police officer. “I saw more violence, more organised crime and farโ more trafficking since legalisation than before it.โ No wonder we are seen as โคthe brothel ofโ europe.”
The situation reached a critical point in โ2021, when โขfeminists,โฃ residents, and formerly prostituted women successfully campaigned for the closure ofโฃ a red-light district zone. This victory,though,is threatened by โขthe planned “erotic centre.”
Critics โargueโข the Dutch โgovernment must โacknowledge the failure ofโฃ legalisation and โคadopt the “Nordic model” – criminalising theโค purchase โขof sex and assisting women in exiting the industry with safety, sanctuary,โ and support programs.
the Netherlands’ experience serves as a stark warning against similar approaches being considered elsewhere. As Jakob warns, the claims that legalisation would solve the problems of the sexโข trade โขhave proven demonstrably false.
Evidence suggests legalisation has not reduced trafficking,pimping,or โviolence,and has rather created a system โwhere women are exploitedโข and endangered.
In 2005, tour operator โขThomas Cook even โlaunched โขnight tours of โฃAmsterdam’s red-light areas, offering free tickets โfor โคchildren โคunder three, highlighting the normalization of exploitation. Amsterdam’s mayoress, Femke Halsema, initiallyโ supported legalisation but has recently admittedโข it was a mistake.