Overview
- Guardia Civil officers arrested the woman in Alcossebre after locating her apartment and stopping her near the address with two minors in a vehicle.
- Four youths aged 12 to 17 were rescued in good condition and placed in a provincial reception center until Dutch authorities take custody.
- Dutch prosecutors issued the warrant citing alleged child exploitation, human trafficking, possession of child sexual material, kidnapping, unlawful detention, hostage-taking, drug offenses, and child abandonment.
- The investigation began on December 7 when local police in Alcalà de Xivert found a 13-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy who reported being left behind by the woman.
- Authorities determined she had lost custody of her two children and fled the Netherlands with them and two youths from a care center, with extradition proceedings now overseen by Spain’s national court.