There is no age limit to visit Amsterdam’s Red Light District, which after all is a residential neighborhood. However, there are legal minimum age limits for prostitutes and their clients
Plus: while prostitution is a legal profession in the Netherlands, human trafficking also takes place. There is a hotline where you can report crime anonymously.
Prostitutes in Amsterdam have been told that starting this year they will have to pay income tax.
Inspectors employed by the Tax Administration will endeavor to visit all prostitutes before the end of this year in order to check their business administration.
The city of Amsterdam is hiring inspectors who, starting January 1, will audit prostitutes.
The municipality wil check whether prostitutes operating in the city have the correct permits.
The inspectors will also look for evidence of human trafficking and other illegal activities.
The City of Amsterdam is planning to take action against Chinese massage parlors illegally involved in prostitution.
The warning, by way of a spokesperson for Amsterdam’s Centrum borough, comes in reaction to an investigative report in Dutch news daily Trouw which revealed masseuses offering more than just massages.