Le Figaro Bordeaux
They are accused of being at the head
of "a network of prostitution of Asian women in the Bordeaux area
".
Two men were referred, this Friday, with a view to their indictment for "
aggravated procuring and aggravated money laundering by habitual competition in an operation of placement, concealment or conversion of the proceeds of a crime
", indicates the parquet floor of Bordeaux to
Figaro
.
After almost a year of preliminary investigation, they were placed in police custody from Sunday to Tuesday.
The two main suspects operated "
both in private apartments, but also in massage parlors in which these women offered sexual services for remuneration
", describes the public prosecutor.
Aged 69 and owner of "
very many properties
" in Bordeaux and Lèges Cap Ferret, the first is from Talence.
Thirty-something and born in Fujan (China), the second who manages several massage parlors, is suspected of having acted as "
intermediary between the owner of the places where the acts of prostitution took place and the prostitutes tenants of the apartments intended only for this activity prohibited
”.
While 50,000 euros were seized during the searches carried out simultaneously with the police custody, the investigators estimate at 200,000 euros, over a period of six months, the sum illicitly generated by this prostitution network.
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Pre-trial detention required
Distinguishing between a "
pimp organizer
" and a "
pimp profiteer
", the police investigations have established that the Talençais went to Bordeaux every week to "
collect rents, sign leases and follow the progress of work by taking advantage of favors sex from time to time
, ”reveals the prosecution.
A massage parlor, recently opened in one of his possessions, was also managed by his alleged accomplice.
Three relatives of the sexagenarian, also placed in police custody from Sunday to Tuesday, are also suspected of having rented their property for the same criminally reprehensible purposes.
They were not referred simultaneously as the two alleged pimps.
The provisional detention of the latter two was requested by the Bordeaux prosecutor's office.
