Hungarian gang selling prostitutes to Germany busted – PHOTOS, VIDEOS
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The Criminal Department of the Nyíregyháza Police Headquarters has proposed charges against 11 suspects on the well-founded suspicion of human trafficking and procuring.
Police reported that the criminal case was launched in November 2018 when the investigating authority shut down a criminal organisation that coordinated the deportation of women, from Hungary, mainly from Szabolcs County, to Germany, where the victims were forced into prostitution. The brothel, where the women provided sexual services, was run by two brothers from Budapest.
Most of the money the women earned provided income for the two men and the other members of the criminal organisation operating in a hierarchical system. The two brothers used the money to finance their luxurious lifestyles.
On April 23, 2019, the investigators carried out a large-scale police operation at the suspects’ residences and on all other properties connected to the criminal organisation. In total, the operation took place in 14 locations at once in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Budapest, and Germany.
The staff of the Nyíregyháza Police Department was co-operating with MEKTA, TEK (counter-terrorism), the Budapest Police Headquarters, the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation’s Asset Recovery Department, and the German law enforcement bodies.
