Amsterdam's Red Light District Crackdown Sparks Sex Worker Protests.

Sex workers in Amsterdam are protesting new regulations that force businesses to close at 3 a.m. instead of 6 a.m., citing safety concerns and reduced earnings. The city claims the restrictions are an attempt to curb nuisance behavior, including rowdy drunken tourism. Officials have also proposed legislation to restrict alcohol sales, vacation rentals, smoking on the streets, and to build an erotic center outside the city to relocate hundreds of sex businesses. Critics argue that the move will draw seedy or obnoxious crowds to residential neighborhoods and put sex workers in unsafe situations.