Spanish police break up prostitution ring
19 Jul 2005 14:15:18 GMT
Source: Reuters
MADRID, July 19 (Reuters) - Police smashed a prostitution ring which tricked Latin American women into coming to Spain with false promises of modelling work, officials said on Tuesday.
Seven people were arrested after a five-month investigation. A police spokesman could not say how many women had been exploited by the organisation.
Members of the ring approached women in Venezuela and Brazil, offering modelling[they can come model at my house anytime] work in Spain. Once in Spain, the women were told they had to work as prostitutes to cancel debts incurred by airfares and bed and board[and theyll get free room and board
] .
The gang threatened the women with violence, sometimes using guns, to prevent them going to the police.
Police moved to smash the ring after some of the women managed to raise the alarm, officials said.
Up to 400,000 prostitutes work in Spain [that sounds like some sweet competition there, so do we get daily specials, like bring us our competitors price and we'll beat it, with an extra 10% off]
, according to one estimate by a Spanish trade union. More than 90 percent are immigrants
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19219925.htm