Game over for Judah. At 89, this alleged pimp was indicted on December 21 by the Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) investigating judge responsible for carrying out the investigations into this pimping network installed in a brothel in Saint-Ouen. He was released after his appearance before the investigating judge.
A little earlier, the octogenarian presented himself before the investigators of the pimping repression brigade and during his police custody, he explained that this team of prostitutes and transsexuals had appropriated his apartments. He assures that he asked for help from the town hall and the police station to have them expelled. Judah even brings the proof that he succeeded in driving out three of these undesirable occupants. Contacted, his lawyer Ian Knafou, did not wish to speak on this case covered by the secrecy of the instruction. Including Judah, ten people have already been indicted in this case for aggravated pimping, trafficking in human beings in an organized gang and criminal association. Five of them were imprisoned.
Pass apartments opened 20 years ago
It was last July that the police received a denunciation concerning two buildings located near the Saint-Ouen flea market where a significant prostitution activity takes place. The premises are occupied by transvestites and transgender people who welcome many customers every day who respond to advertisements posted on specialized websites. According to neighborhood these 13 pass slots would be in business since the year 2000. And the owner, a certain Judah would come every month to collect his rents. These sordid rooms were rented at exorbitant prices. 1,500 euros per month for 20 square meters. According to the police, this would have allowed Judah to build up a real estate whose total value is estimated at more than 5 million euros.
40 Peruvian prostitutes exploited by the network
Forty victims, all of Peruvian origin, were identified, 35 of whom were at 29, rue Villa-Biron at the time of the search of the premises, on November 14 in the early morning. All explained to the investigators that they had received on their arrival, in the Paris region, a mattress to sleep in their apartment, as well as a place of prostitution, most often located in the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris. They also received their clients at their homes, sometimes in full view of the neighbours. The criminal organization also set up tours in provincial towns, rented two service vans to sex workers and sold them meal trays, taking every opportunity to take money from them.
