Prostitution age may be raised to 21
Justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin is to consider whether the legal age for prostitutes can be raised from 18 to 21 years as part of a package of measures to combat forced prostitution, reports ANP news agency on Wednesday.
In November MPs rejected a proposal by the right-wing PVV party to raise the age for prostitutes.
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