Spanish
police say they have arrested 25 people in a séx-traffícking ring that
brought women from Nigeria to work as próstitutés.
The women, allegedly
luréd with the promise of good jobs in Europe, were first flown to
Mexico or Brazil, travelling on false identity documents.
From there, they were
flown to Paris, then smuggled into Spain to work in the séx trade,
police say.
Five women who were
victims of the séx ring were freed in the raids.
Police found one member
of the gang performing an abórtion on one of the five women, reports
the BBC.
Arrests were made
across Spain – in Madrid, Toledo, Cantabria and Palma de Mallorca.
More than 100 vans
concealing luxury goods were also seized.
The gang used the vans
to launder their profits and send them back to Lagos, police say.
The vans, with
dark-tinted windows and welded doors, were stocked full of beer but had
luxury items hidden deeper inside.
Goods worth an
estimated 5m euros (£4.1m; $6.6m) were found in 94 vans seized in Madrid
and another 26 in the port of Valencia, including high-end televisions
and cases of alcohol.
Police
say the gang was formed more than 20 years ago in Nigerian universities
and was also known for sending so-called Nigerian letters by email,
asking recipients to send money.
punch.com
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