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Guardia Civil Rescues 15-Year-Old in Huelva Exploitation and Phone-Fraud Case

Investigators say the ring targeted minors from state care by offering shelter before coercing crimes.

Overview

  • Officers located the girl in an Isla Cristina home after she messaged a friend with details that guided the rescue.
  • Police arrested three suspects on charges of illegal detention, fraud and forged payment methods, with one also accused of repeated sexual assault.
  • The victim had been persuaded by a former fellow resident to leave a Sevilla protection center, then taken to the house and stripped of her phone and tracking watch.
  • While held, she was forced to place scam calls and make purchases using stolen banking data, and agents seized jewelry, high-end phones and lists of victims’ details.
  • The Custos-Tiscal operation, led by Ayamonte’s judicial police unit, links the group to a pattern of recruiting vulnerable people and taking their papers to run card-cloning schemes.