Canada Supreme Court Strikes Down All Current Restrictions on Prostitution

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34. Sorry, that dog won't hunt anywmore. The opposite is true.

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/05/201251472437903283.html

When prostitution and pimping was legalised in the Netherlands in 2000, the hope was that it would put an end to child exploitation, health hazards and back-street prostitution.

But 12 years later, Amsterdam, the country's largest city, has become Europe's second-largest human trafficking hub.

And, surprisingly, Dutch-born women and children rank first among trafficking victims - ahead of Bulgarians and Nigerians who rank second and third.


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The authorities, including the Office of the Dutch Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, attribute this exploitation of Dutch women to a new brand of pimp - so-called 'Lover Boys'.

'Lover Boys' are said by experts to be distinct from Dutch pimps, who would traditionally pick up poor, young girls arriving in Amsterdam from the provinces in search of work and lure them into prostitution.

This new brand of pimp emerged over the past 20 years or so when this niche market, once dominated by Dutch men, was taken over by second- and third-generation immigrants.

Police and social workers largely point the finger of blame at predominantly Muslim Dutch-Moroccans and mainly Christian Dutch-Antilleans.

Unlike international traffickers who work across borders, these pimps are believed to operate either alone or in small localised gangs. They use promises of love, romance and even marriage to win the trust of young girls who they then trick into working as prostitutes. Dutch police and social workers often refer to it as 'brainwashing'.

But because pimping is legal in the Netherlands, it is easy for 'Lover Boys' to operate below the radar