Operation against sexual exploitation in Valencia and Castellón, on December 6th. CIVILIAN GUARD (CIVILIAN GUARD)
The National Police have dismantled a gang dedicated to human trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation, operating in 32 countries, in an Interpol-coordinated operation. Police operations concluded with a total of 268 detained, 130 victims rescued and more than 10,000 migrants identified by security forces. The agents have highlighted that new human trafficking routes have been discovered as a result of these investigations, police said in a statement this Friday.
In Spain, agents from the National Police have arrested 57 people and dismantled two criminal groups. The first was devoted to the trafficking of migrants whose victims were originally from Morocco. The second operation enabled the downfall of a network dedicated to human and drug trafficking. The organization operated both by air and by land.
The operation was performed between November 28th and December 2nd. A period during which agents from 32 different countries undertook various actions against criminal networks aimed at recruiting people to later sell them for the purpose of sexual exploitation or labor exploitation. The researchers paid particular attention to the established routes in Latin America and the Caribbean, where most of the arrests have taken place.
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In 2021, State Security Forces and Corps conducted 226 police operations and dismantled 64 organizations and criminal groups dedicated to human trafficking and sexual and labor exploitation. And 1,056 victims of this type of crime have been released, according to the 2017-2021 statistics on human trafficking and exploitation in Spain, prepared by the Intelligence Agency against Terrorism and Organized Crime (CITCO). According to the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA), Spain is one of the countries with the greatest transit in case of human trafficking, especially as a destination country. According to the United Nations, the number of people who become victims of human trafficking worldwide is estimated at 2.5 million.
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