Overview
- The case began with a family complaint on July 29 and advanced after a 20-year-old victim escaped and gave a recorded statement to the prosecutor on August 5.
- Police executed early-August raids in Pinamar and La Plata that led to four arrests and the seizure of five phones, a laptop, a tablet, the victim’s ID, erotic clothing, condoms with material for testing, and more than $3.3 million plus $1,100 in US dollars.
- Investigators say the group used a commercial adult-content website to post photo sessions and user profiles that advertised victims for paid sexual services and helped bring clients to the network.
- Authorities identified Luana Débora Judit Meza Romero as a suspected leader and arrested three others named in court records; one child aged nine found in a searched home was placed with child-protection services.
- The UFI No. 8 prosecutor in General Madariaga is leading the probe while police search for additional victims and consider referring the file to federal courts if evidence meets the legal standard for human trafficking.