Seven people were indicted after the dismantling of two pimping networks which operated in Grenoble and in the Lyon area, the national gendarmerie announced on Wednesday June 8.
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The suspects were arrested at the end of January and the end of May by investigators from the Lyon Research Section (SR) specializing in the fight against cybercrime, who had identified "
particularly
" active escort girl sites, she said. specified in a press release.
The sites www.wannonce.com and www.sexemodel.com were “
in particular used by women offering paid sex
” with a number of appointments set “
in private apartments, rented on occasion
”.
Two structured pimping networks were then identified, one in Grenoble and the other in the Lyon region.
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A first series of arrests, conducted by the SR of Lyon and the Interministerial Research Group (GIR) 38, was carried out at the end of January in the Grenoble sector and "
allowed the indictment with placement under judicial control of four individuals and the seizure of 837,000 euros including 9 real estate
”.
The second, four months later, resulted in the indictment of three pimps, two of whom were placed in pre-trial detention and the last under judicial supervision, according to the same source.
"
Several prostitutes
" were auditioned in this Lyon component, confirming "
the facts of aggravated pimping
" in nine places of prostitution - including apartments rented 500 euros per week - "
in the 3rd, 6th and 7th arrondissements of Lyon, in Villeurbanne and in Oullins
”.
In total, nearly 1.2 million euros, including 4 properties, were seized.
