The National Police has broken up an organization dedicated to the sexual exploitation of women on dating floors of Asturias, Lion and Alicante. During the operation, two victims, who had been captured through the Internet, have been released, and eight people have been arrested in Asturias and Alicante, five of them entering provisional prison.
As reported by the Police in a press release, this organization recruited mostly Colombian women. The two freed women had acquired a debt of about 3,000 euros with the criminal network. In the operation, which has had the collaboration of Interpol Colombia and the Ministry of the Interior of Spain in Colombia.
The organization increased its profits by forcing victims to sell narcotic substances –cocaine, marijuana, viagra and popper– to customers. Eight entries and registration have been made, three in the private homes of the detainees –Elche, You see and Langreo– and five in the appointment flats located in Mieres (2), Langreo, La Bañeza and Elche.
In the operation, six vehicles, 14 blocked bank accounts, one immobilized real estate and the five floors of appointments have been closed. There are eight people arrested, four in Asturias and three in Alicante, for belonging to a criminal organization, trafficking in human beings, crimes related to prostitution, favoring clandestine immigration and against public health.
Complaint
The investigation began through a complaint in which the agents were made aware of the existence of a criminal organization allegedly dedicated to the sexual exploitation of women, mostly Colombian, in dating flats in various Spanish provinces.
The agents were able to verify that those responsible for the network were two couples, one who operated in dating flats in Mieres and La Bañeza and the other in Elche, the latter being the ones who captured the victims in their country of origin through two contacts who acted as intermediaries and managed all the necessary documentation to travel to Spain, contracting an initial debt of 1,500 euros. When they arrived in Spain, they were informed that the debt was 3,000 euros and that they had to engage in prostitution to pay it off.
The couple that operated in Asturias and León, captured the victims in Spain, for this they published advertisements on the Internet, made use of dating websites to advertise places in their apartments, which were answered by women in a state of vulnerability whom they convinced to practice prostitution.
When they arrived at the apartments, they found another reality to the agreed one, since they had to be available 24 hours a day, without being able to sleep or rest, they controlled them with video surveillance cameras and on many occasions they were not paid the agreed salary as form of punishment and imposition of control.
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