A 15-year-old girl living in Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) was stabbed in an Airbnb rental in Noisiel, where she was a prostitute.
The attack took place last Friday, early in the morning, around 6 a.m., at 4, cours du Buisson.
The teenager received several stab wounds in the stomach.
Seriously injured, she was transported to the Necker-Enfants Malades hospital (Paris 15th district), for suspected perforation of the liver.
She was still there that Wednesday.
Its vital prognosis is however not engaged.
Eric Slangen, the divisional commissioner of the Noisiel police agglomeration district, is worried about the emergence of pimping through apartments rented on Airbnb: “It is a growing phenomenon and very lucrative."
Prostitution in Airbnb accommodation
In the apartment, that morning, the police discovered two 20-year-old men.
One of them has the key to the apartment.
They are the ones who warned the police.
They evoke the irruption of individuals in the housing, who would have stabbed the young woman, and present themselves as simple customers who came to seek a sexual service.
They are arrested and placed in police custody.
For the police officers of the Urban Security of the agglomeration of Noisiel, responsible for the investigation, there is no doubt that the room is used for prostitution.
The victim's cell phone contains unequivocal sexual text messages.
They also discover condoms used or not, lubricating gels and more than 1000 euros in housing.
Heard on leaving intensive care, the minor also admits subletting the accommodation to indulge in prostitution.
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“In recent years, prostitution has developed in hotels.
Prevention work with hoteliers has borne fruit as the phenomenon has been considerably reduced.
But since delinquency abhors a vacuum, it has moved to Airbnbs.
Pimps and their henchmen often come from drug trafficking and turn to prostitution, which is very lucrative ”, underlines the divisional commissioner.
The perpetrators of the stab wounds wanted
The police manage to identify a third man, 36 years old.
He is the tenant of Airbnb.
He was arrested at his home in Mesnil-Amelot on Monday.
The police find at his home more than 3000 euros and a dummy handgun.
He would even have planned ... to put a second prostitute in the Airbnb, which contained several rooms.
The three suspects deny any involvement in prostitution.
The older one explains renting the apartment for the benefit of the two younger ones and that he thought the girl was their friend.
All three were presented to the judicial court of Meaux on Tuesday.
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A judicial investigation has been opened.
They were indicted for “aggravated procuring on a minor” and placed in detention.
Regarding the stabbing, investigations are continuing to find out the perpetrator (s) who are not, a priori, the three alleged pimps.
Warning to Airbnb owners
Eric Slangen invites owners of this type of rental to take "a certain number of guarantees and precautions", such as favoring payment with traceability rather than cash delivery or establishing a minimum of contact with tenants to know the object of the rental.
“Airbnb owners can also be blamed for pimping.
This can go as far as the seizure of real estate, ”he warns.
"They must behave responsibly," insists the division commissioner.
In the Noisiel case, the apartment had been rented by the month in a somewhat light manner, even though the neighborhood of the building complained of the incessant comings and goings of people from outside the building. "
And to remind customers that they too are likely to be fined.
“In addition to resorting to prostitution, they also have sexual relations with minors under the age of 16…” he adds.
