From Latin America to Europe - The dangerous schemes of human traffickers

Women in Latin America are recruited with brutal methods, then enslaved in Europe. A survivor recounts how she was lured to Spain with the promise of a job, then forced into prostitution.

A young woman from Latin America applies to a modeling agency in Spain. Flight, accommodation—everything is paid for. But when she arrives, her papers are taken away and she is forced into sex work, first in Spain, then in Germany. The reason given: she had to repay the travel expenses. Only the police can free her, during an undercover operation.
Sebastian Eichler from the Mainz Criminal Investigation Department conducts his investigations as follows: He responds to online ads as a fake client, then reveals himself as a police officer during the appointed meetings. "It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack,” says Eichler, "to take action against the perpetrators, we need the women’s statements.”
But often, the women remain silent out of fear.

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