Spanish police have arrested 25
people in a sex-trafficking ring that brings women from Nigeria to
work as prostitutes. The women, are lured with the
promise of good jobs in Europe, investigation shows that the women were first flown to Mexico or Brazil, using false identity documents from there, they are flown to Paris, then smuggled into Spain to work in the sex trade.
Police freed five of the women who were victims of the sex ring when they raided they hangout. Police found one member of the gang performing an abortion on one of the five women.
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. 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 investigation revealed that the gang was
formed more than 20 years ago in Nigerian universities and was also
known for sending scam email, asking recipients
to send money.
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