The National Police have dismantled a brothel in Marbella (Málaga) where seven women of South American origin were allegedly sexually exploited, who would have been recruited in their countries of origin with false job offers.
After the investigation, the agents have arrested a 47-year-old woman, at the forefront of the plot, for her alleged involvement in a crime related to prostitution. In a search at the house, 117,000 euros in cash and numerous jewels have been seized, the National Police has indicated in a statement.
Operation ‘Caballo’, carried out by agents attached to the Unit against Immigration Networks and Document Falsification (Ucrif) of the Local Police Station in Marbella, began with a call to the Intelligent Command, Communication and Control Center Cimacc 091, in which the situation of sexual exploitation of women was reported in an apartment in Puerto Banús, in the Malaga town of Marbella.
Thus, according to the investigations, the agents confirmed that prostitution was carried out in the house in question by seven women, who would have been recruited in South American countries with false job offers, which promised jobs in Spain from hairdressers to dancers. “for a better life”.
At the forefront of the recruitment – under deceit – of the victims would be the investigated, a woman who paid for the trip to Spain for the girls, informing them right on arrival that they had contracted a debt of about 7,000 euros on average and that they had to offer sexual services. in a brothel to return that financial amount.
In this way, the victims would have been forced to practice prostitution under threats, being also subjected to tight control and surveillance by the suspect, who was the only person who charged the clients, while the girls did not have money. not even to eat.
With the procedures carried out, the agents also learned that the prostitutes had to be available 24 hours a day to attend the services that came out and that, in addition, their passports had been withdrawn.
Finally, the National Police carried out an entry and search procedure at the brothel, intervening 117,000 euros hidden in a room of the property, as well as numerous jewels. The agents arrested the investigated for her alleged responsibility in a crime related to prostitution. The Investigating Court number 3 of Marbella is aware of the facts.
