The National Police dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to human trafficking for sexual exploitation in the provinces of Barcelona and Lleida, released nine women victims of this plot and arrested three men.
As reported this Monday by the National Police, the criminal group recruited women in their country of origin and, after facilitating their entry into Spain, they were sexually exploited until covering the expenses incurred with the criminals – travel, accommodation, documentation.
The investigation began following a complaint filed with the Service for Attention to Victims of Human Trafficking, in which a person claimed to know women who had been recruited, transferred and accommodated in a hostess club and in a brothel apartment in a city. in Lleida to be sexually exploited.
After the police investigations, the agents carried out two entries and searches in the hostess club and in the apartment, where they found the women. The victims told national police that they were under strict control by the gang and were forced to provide sexual services even when they were sick.
Investigators confirmed that the criminal group took advantage of the vulnerability of these women and their situation of administrative irregularity in Spain, even having their passports taken away.
In all cases, the criminal gang followed the same pattern: they captured the women in their country of origin, upon their arrival at the airport they were picked up by the members of the conspiracy and, later, they were taken to the hostess club or apartment. – mess.
During the police searches, officers also seized various narcotic substances and 23,550 euros in cash. The three detainees are accused of the offenses of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation, an offense linked to prostitution, an offense against the rights of foreign citizens, an offense against public health, an offense against privacy and self-image, and membership in a criminal organization.
