Overview
- Peruvian authorities detained Nadeska Widausky after an Interpol Red Notice and a capture in Jesús María, and a judge on Wednesday ordered nine months of preventive detention with a view to extradition to Belgium.
- Officials say Belgium seeks her for alleged human trafficking, proxenetismo (pimping), drug trafficking and robbery with violence, charges that carry a possible sentence of up to about 20 years if proven.
- Police transferred Widausky to the Instituto Nacional Penitenciario (INPE) carceleta at Penal Ancón II while the INPE classification board decides where she will serve the preventive measure.
- Her lawyer and family deny the accusations, say the complaint was filed by a relative over a debt, and plan to appeal the preventive detention while she asks to defend herself from Peru for the sake of her young son and elderly mother.
- The case revives past probes and a 2025 extinción de dominio that seized property linked to her, and Belgian court documents describe an alleged Brussels-centered network that recruited Peruvian women for sexual exploitation.