The National Police has dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to human trafficking in Lérida humans for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The result of the operation is three detainees, and seven victims released. The investigations began thanks to a complaint, which warned that several women from a hostess club They had been captured and were now prostitutes. Also in a city apartment.
This is how, after months of investigations, the agents, with the relevant judicial authorization, made two entries and searched, both in the premises and in the property. That’s how they got to victimswho agreed to receive assistance and protection at police stations.
This is how they explained to the researchers that they had been exploited, being forced to prostitute themselves even when they were sick or unwell, under “iron control” by their captors, who took advantage of their vulnerable situation, when they found themselves in isolation. irregular form in Spain. In fact, their passports had been taken away.
As on so many other occasions, the victims had been captured in their countries of originn. It was members of the organization who facilitated their entry into Spain, picking them up at the same airport. From there they were taken to the brothel, or to the apartment, where they were exploited under the pretext of paying off the debt for the trip and lodging.
During the searches, the police seized more than a hundred viagra pillssmall quantities of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, as well as scales and instruments for cutting the drug. Also more than 23,000 euros in cash.
The balance of the operation was three detainees for crimes of trafficking for sexual exploitationanother related to prostitution, against the rights of foreign citizens, against public health, against privacy and self-image and membership in a criminal organization. After being brought to justice, all of them have gone to prison.
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