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Some victims were sexually abused upon arrival at their destinations, being forced to provide between 15 and 20 sexual services per day.
Other details have emerged regarding the criminal activity of an international trafficking network, which was hit in recent days by Colombian and Albanian authorities, as well as other countries, under the supervision of Europol.
Colombian media reports that 13 people were arrested in Medellín and the Aburrás Valley, suspected of being part of an international human trafficking network.
According to the police, this transnational network specialized in the recruitment, transportation and sexual exploitation of women, mainly Colombian, who were sent to European countries with false promises of employment.
During the investigation, 60 girls and women trafficked to countries such as Albania (44), Croatia (5), Bahrain (4), Kosovo (3) and Montenegro (4) were identified.
The investigation revealed that victims of this trafficking were forced to take on an initial debt of 5,000 euros, ostensibly for passport, ticket and accommodation costs.
But this debt later became unpayable, because the exploiters stole their income and imposed constant fines, keeping them in a state of slavery and economic control.
According to the investigation, it was established that the organization had operational links in Greece, Croatia, Albania, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro and Bahrain, while operating through illegal networks that exploited the vulnerability of young women.
Some of the girls and women were sexually abused upon arrival at their destinations, forced to provide between 15 and 20 sexual services per day, generating criminal profits of up to 5,000 euros per victim, Colombian media wrote.
Authorities have identified the suspected leader of the organization, a man known as "Lukas", who also holds Maltese citizenship and operated from Malta, along with his father.
The leader of a sexual exploitation ring that allegedly sent 60 women to Eastern Europe was arrested in Medellín.
The arrests were carried out through 14 raids, during which three firearms, ammunition, four computers, 15 mobile phones and documentation were seized.
These items will be presented as material evidence in the ongoing investigation against this criminal organization.
The captured women and men, aged between 22 and 56, were presented before the Attorney General's Office for the crimes of human trafficking, aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime, and manufacturing, trafficking, keeping or possessing firearms, so that the relevant preliminary hearings can be held and a bail judge can determine their judicial situations. /Adapted Pamphlet/
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