Agents of the National Police have arrested ten people for being members of a criminal organization dedicated to recruiting women in other countries, and once they were in national territory, forcing them to practice prostitution 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In the operation deployed in the towns of Utrera (Seville) and Rota (Cádiz), the National Police have freed 16 women, all of them victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, in addition to dismantling two marijuana plantations and seizing around 24,000 euros in cash, 600 grams of TUSI, 800 grams of MDMA, a simulated AK-47 assault rifle and several high-end vehicles, among others.
The ten members of the organization have been arrested for the crimes of trafficking in human beings for the purposes of sexual exploitation, drug trafficking, crime against the rights of foreign citizens, illicit possession of weapons and membership in a criminal organization, as detailed by the National Police in a press release.
The dismantled criminal organization was in charge of the entire process that this type of activity requires to achieve its goals, from the recruitment of women in their countries of origin, their transfer to the national territory by its members and their exploitation once the victims They were housed in places where they practiced prostitution.
To this end, the detainees had their roles well defined within the hierarchy established for the operation of the organization, with two of the women now detained being in charge of contacting the women, transferring them to Spain and taking them to brothels, places where the boss exercised “tight control”, forcing them to carry out “abusive, burdensome and disproportionate” practices.
The police investigation began after the National Police learned of the particularly vulnerable situation suffered by several women who practiced prostitution in two establishments located in the towns of Utrera and Rota. According to what the agents learned, the women were forced to practice prostitution under threats with 24-hour availability, seven days a week, with “exhaustive control” by their bosses through video surveillance cameras. They only received 25% of their work, with the remaining amount going to the organization in payment for the debt incurred before coming, which reached 7,000 euros.
Furthermore, the victims could not go outside the premises alone and were always accompanied everywhere by other members who worked as taxi drivers, and were also forced to consume narcotic substances to increase the number of daily sexual services to be performed and to serve clients in against his will.
On the other hand, at the same time that the victims consumed the narcotic substances, the clients could obtain and consume them inside the brothels, and if the women refused any of these behaviors, the debt acquired with the organization increased. for this or any other excuse in order to retain them as long as possible.
Once the necessary evidence and evidence had been collected, the Investigative Court in charge of the case authorized the entry and search of the home of those investigated and the two properties, one in Utrera and the other in Rota, where prostitution was carried out. During the searches, the ten members of the Criminal Organization were arrested, and the agents seized 24,000 euros in cash, 600 grams of TUSI, 800 grams of MDMA, a simulated AK-47 assault rifle, three cars and a high-end motorcycle, a jet ski, various computer equipment and documentation related to the financial and criminal plot of those now detained.
Furthermore, both at the home of the main investigator and in the brothel near the city of Rota, the National Police located and dismantled two marijuana plantations, with a total of more than 1,000 plants, two laboratories that the organization used for the treatment of said substance and several bags containing 30 kilos of marijuana buds ready for sale.
