The suspicion was that a growing number of Dutch girls were being groomed by handsome young men who employed all sorts of devious methods to prepare their girlfriends for life as a prostitute. Stories about a new generation of pimps, often of Moroccan origin, regularly appeared in the Dutch media. In this article, based on ethnographic fieldwork on pimps operating in the red-light district of Amsterdam, we describe the ways in which these young men operate and how they justify their behaviour. On the basis of empirical research we intend to present a more realistic picture of what goes on in the prostitution industry and highlight the discrepancy between what is reported in the media and what is actually happening in the prostitution sector. We also examine the background to the moral panic about loverboys and the ways in which these young men were supposedly able to induce many young girls into becoming prostitutes. This English term has a unique definition in Dutch: loverboys are young men who use their seduction skills with the aim of exploiting young girls as prostitutes.
It hosts several intergovernmental organisations and international courts , many of which are centered in The Hague, which is consequently dubbed 'the world's legal capital'. Colloquially or informally the Netherlands are occasionally referred to by the pars pro toto Holland. Nevertheless, it is the world's second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products after the United States , owing to its fertile soil , mild climate, intensive agriculture and inventiveness. The Netherlands has been a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a unitary structure since The country has a tradition of pillarisation and a long record of social tolerance , having legalised abortion , prostitution and human euthanasia , along with maintaining a liberal drug policy.
NOTICE: Sixth Circuit Rule 24 c states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Sixth Circuit. Plaintiff United States of America appeals the order of the district court granting in part and denying in part defendant Clay William Long's motion to suppress evidence. On appeal, the issue is whether the district court erred in suppressing certain child pornographic evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand. In early August , a video tape depicting child pornography was discovered at the International Mail Facility in Chicago, Illinois.
The Netherlands has multiple musical traditions. Contemporary Dutch popular music Nederpop is heavily influenced by music styles that emerged in the s, in the United Kingdom and United States. The style is sung in both Dutch and English. Some of the latter exponents, such as Golden Earring and Shocking Blue , have attained worldwide fame. Sometimes partly based and raised upon the tradition of indie rock , new acts with a mixture of Mainstream pop music, Dance, Jazz, Funk and Soul emerged in the mid s.