Drafting.- Agents of the National Police in coordination with the authorities of France and Italy and the Attorney General’s Office dismantled an organization of pimps.
During the process, around 10 people were arrested, among them from Figueras, Spain, as well as four people in France, one Italy and two in the Dominican Republic who are accused of crimes of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
As reported, the authorities released 41 victims who were sexually exploited in dating buildings in France, using two call centers in Spain and Italy.
The network had two logistics bases as call centers in the Girona town of Figueras and in the Italian municipality of Rho. From these headquarters, the members of the organization published the sexual announcements, managed the customer calls, established sexual appointments, train ticket reservations for the victims’ trips, the apartments in which the exploitation was carried out and the accounting of the illegal activity.
The main people in charge of the criminal network later established a third logistics headquarters, located in the Dominican Republic, from where they managed prostitution ads on web pagescustomer calls and the movement of victims to new cities, which was done every few days following the model known as “sex-tour” or sexual tourism.
Likewise, 20 entries and searches have been carried out, three in the Girona town of Figueras, 14 in France, two in Italy and one in the Dominican Republic, in which two high-end vehicles were intervened, more than 70,000 euros in cash, more than 100 mobile phones, jewelry, watches and documentation related to the investigation.
