ABOUT a third of Amsterdam’s red-lit windows for prostitutes will disappear from the city centre as one of the main brothel owners is set to sell his empire to a real estate company. A housing company would buy 18 premises, currently featuring 51 windows, for about €25 million ($40 million), Amsterdam city council said. Last November, the city revoked the trading licences of 33 brothels because they were suspected of criminal activities including money-laundering and drug-dealing. However, the brothel owners appealed successfully against the decision.
