Spanish
police say they have arrested 25 people in a sex-trafficking ring that brought
women from Nigeria to work as prostitutes. The women, allegedly lured with the
promise of good jobs in Europe, were first flown to Mexico or Brazil,
travelling on false identity documents.
From
there, they were flown to Paris, then smuggled into Spain to work in the sex
trade, police say. Five women who were victims of the sex ring were freed in
the raids.
Police
found one member of the gang performing an abortion on one of the 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 full of beer but had
luxury items hidden deeper inside.
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 say the gang was formed more than 20 years ago in
Nigerian universities and was also known for sending so-called Nigerian letters
by email, asking recipients to send money.
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