Prostitutes from Central and Eastern Europe have been granted the right to run their own businesses in the Netherlands, according to a ruling by the European Court of Justice. The judges said prostitutes could be self-employed in any EU country where selling sex is tolerated. This right is given to applicant countries in treaties associating them with the EU.
Four women from Poland and the Czech Republic took their case to court after they rented "window rooms" in Amsterdam's red-light ...
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