Overview
- Five people were arrested in coordinated operations — three in Madrid and two in Oviedo — that targeted pisos‑club linked to the network.
- The alleged leader, a Brazilian woman, was ordered to provisional detention by Oviedo’s Investigative Court No. 3, with prosecutors citing flight risk and protection of victims.
- The inquiry began in March after two victims came forward, and it was carried out by the National Police with support from Interpol, Colombia’s police and the NGO Our Service.
- Victims from South America were lured with false job offers, told they owed €6,000, had passports confiscated, were forced to work around the clock, surrender half their earnings and pay €380 weekly for rooms and fees for promotional photos.
- Police conducted five searches — four in Oviedo and one in Madrid — seizing drugs, documents and electronic devices as investigators prepare charges for human trafficking, coercive prostitution, offenses against foreigners’ rights and drug trafficking.