Prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean

Prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) is legal and regulated.[1][2] At least 500 foreign women are reportedly working in prostitution throughout the islands.[3][1] Bonaire,[4] Sint Eustatius, and Curaçao are sex tourism destinations.[2]

There is a single state-sanctioned brothel on the islands of Bonaire,[4][5] and Sint Maarten.[1] The brothel in Curaçao closed in 2020.[6]

Curaçao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten are destination islands for women trafficked for the sex trade from Peru, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti,[3] In 2011, a human trafficking ring was broken up after trafficking women for sex exploitation from Colombia to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire.[7]

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  2. ^ a b "Sex Tourism And Trafficking In The Dutch Caribbean". Curacao Chronicle. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Trafficking in Persons Report Country Narratives -- Countries H through R". United States Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2017.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b Joseph, Andrew (8 November 2016). "The Horniest Countries in the Caribbean". Pellau Media. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Flotsam & Jetsam" (PDF). Bonaire Reporter. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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  7. ^ Maduro, Letizia (2013). "A Situational Analysis of Aruba's Response to Human Trafficking" (PDF). International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 23 December 2017.