DutchNews.nl,
Tuesday 17 June 2014
(NOS/ANP) |
The
companies have agreed to hand over property worth nearly €8m and bank accounts
containing some €80,000 to the Dutch authorities in return for exemption from
prosecution.
The Swiss
firms owned a number of brothels in the Netherlands and some 50% of their
turnover was kept off the books, the public prosecutor said in a statement.
Local sex
boss
The
undeclared money was laundered in Switzerland and then used to buy more
brothels in the Netherlands which were then rented to a local sex industry
boss. The practice has been going on since 1984, the department said.
The Dutch
connection and two others still face criminal proceedings. That case is likely
to be heard in 2015.
The
settlement follows raids on a number of properties made in January 2013. In
total, brothels were located in 12 different local authority areas, the
department said.
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