Amsterdam's Red Light District Faces Controversial Changes.

Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema is proposing to move legal prostitution from the city’s historic red light district to a suburban “erotic center” due to complaints about crime, drunkenness, and drug abuse in the area. However, sex workers insist they want to stay in the “Wallen” red light district, which has been a center for prostitution since the 16th century, and say they are being used as scapegoats. The city municipality is aiming to decide on the location of the new center by the end of the year.