Prostitution in the Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten) is legal and regulated. At least 500 foreign women are reportedly working in prostitution throughout the islands. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Curaçao are sex tourism destinations. There is a single state-sanctioned brothel on the islands of Bonaire, and Sint Maarten. The brothel in Curaçao closed in 2020. Curaçao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten are destination islands for women trafficked for the sex trade from Peru, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, In 2011, a human trafficking ring was broken up after trafficking women for sex exploitation from Colombia to Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire. Aruba Prostitution in Aruba started to expand when oil refineries were opened on the island in the 1920s. Many prostitutes migrated to the island to service the oil workers and sailors from the oil tankers. In 1928, the Government set up a regulated area of prostitution (red-light district) in the oil refining town of Sint Nicolaas. Unlike the neighbouring island of Curaçao, The government was prevented from opening a state-run brothel by opposition from the Catholic Church and local women's groups. Regulations started during the 1950s allowed women to work for up to 3 months as "nightclub hostesses" in the bars and clubs of Sint Nicolaas' red-light district. Women from Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Panama and the Dominican Republic came to the island to work in the clubs and bars. Currently, regulated prostitution is limited to one zone in Sint Nicolaas. There are women of various nationalities working here, especially Colombian and Venezuelan. The prostitutes working in this area require an "adult entertainer" work permit that lasts 3 months. They have to have a medical examination before starting and then weekly check-up thereafter. The woman have individual rooms over the bars that they work from. Off-duty policemen sometimes work as security at the bars. There is also unregulated prostitution in bars outside the permitted zone. Street prostitution, although illegal, also occurs on the island. There is also evidence of prostitution in the more rural areas, often by women originally from the Dominican Republic. There are also escorts on the island advertising on the Internet and newspapers aimed at tourists. They operate outside the government's regulations, so are not required to have regular health checks or permits. Sex trafficking, especially of Venezuelan women, is a problem on the island. Bonaire Bonaire permits a