It is a simple information that has the police on this important prostitution network. Warned of important back and forth in an apartment in downtown Aix-en-Provence, the investigators discovered three young women of Colombian and Venezuelan nationals who engaged in prostitution.
During the search, a man and a woman present on site were arrested and placed in police custody, and more than 200,000 euros seized, including 194,000 in cash, announces the Aix prosecutor’s office in a press release.
This couple lies in Menton And is suspected of being at the head of an important prostitution network on the French Riviera.
Passports confiscated upon arrival at Nice Airport
According to the testimony of young women, they had been recruited “Recruited directly from their country of origin through encrypted social networks in order to work as a pet “.
But once arrived at Nice airport, it is a completely different program that awaited them. “They were immediately taken to an apartment and immediately had to engage in prostitution 16 hours a day “, specifies the Aix prosecution.
The apartments in which they operated were rented on an Airbnb type reservation platform.
Still according to young women, their identity papers were selected, their movements prohibited and their gains confiscated.
An active network for 2 years
“At this stage of investigations, the investigators highlighted recruitment over a period of two years of 14 young women from the Latin American continent which were delivered to prostitution In apartments rented in Aix-en-Provence, Cannes or Menton“adds the Aix-en-Provence prosecutor’s office stating that the investigations are still underway.
The suspects, a 45 -year -old man and his 47 -year -old wife, were so far unknown to the police. According to Provencethe latter is of Colombian origin had herself practiced as a prostitute when she arrived in France.
The couple was to be presented this Friday in front of a magistrate for “Aggravated pimp, arbitrary sequestration of several people, deals with human beings and whitening” for their indictment.
