Citation

Bovenkerk F, Pronk GJ. Justitiele Verkenn. 2007; 33(7): 82-95.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum)

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Abstract

In this article the authors state that pimphood is a typical economic niche for unprivileged minorities and describe the methods of so called loverboys. In the Netherlands ethnic Moroccans and men from the Netherlands Antilles are overrepresented in loverboy statistics. After having concluded that combatting this phenomenon is difficult, the authors first focus on the possibilities of prevention. These can be, for example, giving information to potential victims of loverboys or trying to get ethnic communities involved in the fight against the phenomenon. Criminal law offers more and more possibilities to tackle loverboys, even if there is no crime being reported or if there is no direct evidence of use of force or coercion. Although on a national level the Public Prosecutors Office has stated that human trafficking is a top priority, on the local level the police doesn't really know how to deal with this difficult crime type and considers other problems to be more important.

Keywords: Human trafficking