Amsterdam’s Centrum borough council is considering running a number of red light district windows itself and renting them to independent prostitutes, news agency ANP reported.

‘We want good, bona fide prostitutes in the area,’ GroenLinks councillor Bob van Schijndel said.
The city council is currently clamping down on red light district crime and has bought a number of buildings from sex industry magnate Charles Geerts.
An investigation into the setting up of council-run brothels should be completed within one month, Van Schijndel said.
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