Koper stated that the city's licensing requirements provide a mechanism for the police to enter prostitution establishments to talk to prostitutes in private in order to identify TIP victims. In addition to checking documents, police use the visits to establish a relationship of trust with the prostitutes and to check for any signs of coercion or other illegal activities. Members of the prostitution squad patrol the red light district every day.
In addition to conducting routine controls of licensed sex businesses, police build cases against suspected traffickers by filing reports on observed suspicious behavior or information obtained from other sources to make connections among traffickers and their victims. End Summary. The unit, which is responsible for conducting licensing controls of brothels, window prostitution businesses and escort services, is one of three units under the vice squad, and has 12 plainclothes investigators.
There is a similar specialized prostitution team in each of the 25 regional police forces in the Netherlands. SBU Less well-known than the red light district in Amsterdam, which is a tourist attraction in its own right with nightclubs, restaurants and historical sites in addition to prostitution establishments, the red light district in The Hague is dense and clearly delineated.
Fluorescent red light floods the two short but densely concentrated streets that house prostitution windows. There are no other businesses on these streets. At one time, the red light district in The Hague had over windows, and was the largest in the Netherlands. Gentrification led to the closing of at least one prostitution street, but over windows remain. Both streets have numerous police surveillance cameras, which did not appear to deter the clientele.
Emboffs were the only women on the streets not sitting in a window. SBU During the tour, Koper told Emboffs he knew many of the window prostitutes from previous rounds, and it was evident that many of them also recognized him.
