working as prostitute, compared to one in 300 in London.[35] In recent years, a significant number of brothels and prostitution "windows" have been closed because of supected criminal activity. In 2009 the The Dutch justice ministry announced plans to close 320 prostitution "windows" from Amsterdam.[36] According to the mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen: "It is not that we want to get rid of our red-light district. We want to reduce it. Things have become unbalanced and if we do not act we ...