Spanish police say they've arrested 25 people in a sex-trafficking ring
that brought women from Nigeria to act as prostitutes. The
ladies, allegedly lured with the promise of good jobs in Europe, were
first flown to Mexico or Brazil, traveling on false identity documents.
From there, these were flown to Paris, then smuggled into Spain to work
in the sex trade, police say.
Five women who have been victims of the $-ex ring were freed in the
raids. Police found one member of the gang performing an abortion on one
of many 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 filled with
beer but had luxury items hidden deeper inside.
Goods
worth an estimated 5m euros (£4.1m; $6.6m) were within 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
significantly more than 20 years back in Nigerian universities and was
also known for sending so-called Nigerian letters by email, asking
recipients to send money
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