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Famous brothel to be closed

Yab Yum - mens clubYab Yum, Amsterdam's best-known sex clubs has become the latest target of the city's crackdown on organized crime infiltration of the city's world famous sex industry.

The Yab Yum club, a brothel housed in an elegant canal house in the 17th century centre of Amsterdam, has long been an exclusive hangout for businessmen and tourists. The licence is now revoked because the owners are suspected of using their permit to commit criminal acts.

The brothel has a month to contest the decision in court. But the burden of proof falls entirely on the club to show all transactions were legal.


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Licensing order for escort services

window brothelAmsterdam, famed for its red light prostitution district, gave escort services six weeks to apply for official city licenses. The girls working in window brothels are not affected by the new rules.

The order is part of a campaign to combat money laundering, human trafficking and abuse in the sex industry, which was legalized in the Netherlands in 2000.

To obtain a license, escort agencies must have a fixed address and telephone number, and must guarantee that prostitutes are healthy and work in safe conditions, the city said.

Escort agencies have six weeks to comply — or face being shut down.


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