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I teamed up with journalist Renate van der Zee to uncover the truth about Amsterdam’s Red Light District, and it’s far darker than I expected. This isn’t just about girls in windows or tourist fun—think pimps forcing women to earn $2,000 or face eating dog food, or a woman from Uganda trafficked, starved, and blackmailed with videos. Renate’s spent over a decade researching this, even working in a shelter for trafficking victims, and what she found is grim: 50-80% of these women are controlled by pimps or trafficked, and legalization isn’t fixing it—it’s making it worse.

In this video, we dive into the real stories: manipulation by pimps, the racism behind who ends up here, and how tourists unknowingly keep it going. Renate used to think legal brothels were a smart idea, but after hearing from survivors—like one forced into a bondage brothel—she’s completely changed her mind. It’s heavy stuff. Watch to see why Amsterdam’s “clean” sex trade is a myth and what might actually help. Drop your thoughts in the comments—should buying sex be illegal like in Sweden?

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:47 - History of Dutch legal prostitution

04:46 - Working in a Trafficked Women's Shelter

13:44 - What is human trafficking?

19:51 - Mostly foreign pimps

27:30 - Dutch government know the problems

30:38 - Can we stop human trafficking?

38:36 - Sex buyers

40:40 - Is prostitution their only choice?

43:43 - Why it's hard to leave prostitution

49:43 - Prostitution encourages rape50:59 - Prostitution biggest tourist attraction

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Shocking true story from the Netherlands’ Red Light Districts! Jesslin reveals her 15-year nightmare as a sex worker—daily rape, violent pimps, and a knife to her neck. From being exploited underage to facing creepy clients who ripped off condoms, she exposes the dark reality of legal prostitution. Pimps blackmailed her with Facebook photos, police ignored her cries, and she even went undercover to film human trafficking. Watch her insane survival story and fight for justice.

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Timestamps:00-00 - Intro

01:55 - Abusive mum

05:55 - Grandma died

08:38 - Raped for underage porn

11:29 - Became underage escort

14:40 - Worked in a brothel

16:25 - Creepy & mean clients

22:39 - Money in the brothel

27:55 - You have to be already damaged for prostitution

28:44 - Working in the windows

36:16 - Foreign girls have pimps

37:40 - Money and daily life in window prostitution

41:52 - Battles with pimps

48:23 - Police laugh and don't care

54:07 - Hard to quit the windows

56:18 - Should prostitution be legal?

01:00:08 - There's no help

01:05:06 - Are police corrupt?

01:09:03 - How I feel seeing the women in windows

01:10:49 - Raped every day

01:15:21 - Undercover filming

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I went to Amsterdam’s Red Light District expecting a positive story about legal prostitution—turns out, it’s a total gut punch. I teamed up with Elise, who’s spent years helping women escape this life, and what she told me blew my mind. Did you know 98% of these women face violence—physical, emotional, you name it? And 50-80% are trafficked, forced into those windows while police barely blink. Elise is out there fighting for them, hearing stories of pimps threatening babies and girls so traumatized their hair falls out. Watch the full video to see why this place isn’t the enlightened utopia tourists think.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - Do I call them prostitutes?

02:28 - Why is it hard to leave prostitution?

07:39 - What is a pimp?10:58 - Trauma and PTSS

13:10 - British tourists

15:05 - 50-80% is human trafficking

18:08 - Threatening her baby!

20:44 -  Dissociation24:22 - Are any prostitutes happy?

26:14 - Police are slow to respond

30:18 - They have nightmares

32:41 - Is it Dutch culture?

36:06 - Can't they get a normal job?

40:13 - Taxing prostitution

44:40 - No one dreams of being a prostitute

48:09 - Legal vs illegal prostitution

51:37 - Mostly immigrants exploited

59:23 - Drugs