Daniel

· 19 Jul 2022

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19 women freed from exploitation

#yoorslocalnews National Police officers have released 19 women and dismantled in the town of Fuente Álamo (Murcia) a criminal organization allegedly dedicated to trafficking in women for sexual or labor exploitation. The victims, mainly from Honduras and Paraguay, were introduced irregularly into Spain to exploit them as prostitutes or as caregivers of the elderly The investigation began thanks to an anonymous complaint received in the email trata@policiaes . This is one of the tools, together with the telephone line 900 10 50 90, that the National Police Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation has to facilitate citizen collaboration and the anonymous and confidential reporting of this type of crime.

The other branch, led by a woman of Honduran nationality, was dedicated to bringing women of that nationality to Spain to work as caregivers for the elderly, charging them amounts that could amount to 7,000 euros. In the event of not being able to meet the payment of debt installments, the victims were sexually exploited by the Paraguayan branch in order to cope more quickly with the imposed debt The exploiters did not hesitate to mistreat and exert violence against their victims, who lived under the constant threat of serious reprisals and the loss of properties in their countries of origin if they did not comply with the payment of the debts contracted