A 36-year-old Romanian, wanted in Denmark for human trafficking, pimping, rape and violence and arrested in France in mid-December, could be handed over to the Danish authorities in the coming days, the general prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. call from Pau to AFP.
The man was arrested on December 13 at the Négresse tollbooth in Biarritz, during a simple routine check when he had just crossed the border between Spain and France.
Under the influence of a European arrest warrant issued on November 5 by the Danish courts, he was placed in detention.
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He appeared on Tuesday before the investigating chamber of the Pau Court of Appeal, with a view to his imminent surrender to Denmark, "
which he did not oppose
", underlines the general prosecutor's office.
The decision will be rendered on December 23, opening a period of ten days for the surrender of the person concerned to the country issuing the European arrest warrant.
The man, visibly settled in Spain, was wanted by the Danish police for acts of human trafficking, committed between January and November 2022, with, at this stage of the investigation, five Romanian prostitutes as identified victims, a clarified the prosecution, confirming information from the Sud Ouest newspaper.
The man is suspected of having transported women from his country of origin to Copenhagen to sexually exploit them and would have taken half of the sums collected during their passes.
The 30-year-old is also implicated for pimping, violence and rape on a woman, whom he allegedly forced to perform oral sex.
He had filmed the scene and posted the video on a specialized site.
He is also implicated for a "
bodily attack
" on one of the prostitutes.
“
He allegedly had his name tattooed on the young woman's back to show that she belonged to him
,” writes the newspaper, citing the report made by the president of the investigating chamber.
