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On the morning of this Tuesday, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police confirmed that in a coordinated operation they managed to dismantle a network dedicated to the sexual and commercial exploitation of women, to which they sent to China under deceit.
Among those captured is Daniela Botina Ocampo, alias Barbie, who according to the authorities was the head of the criminal network. The woman was captured in Cali, and investigators point out that she arrived in the country at the end of 2019 to spend the end of the year festivities with the family.
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Alias la Barbie had planned to return to China in January, but, due to the closure of borders in that country due to covid-19, she had to stay. The woman was in charge of receiving and exploiting them in the Asian country.
The specialized prosecutor against criminal organizations, Javier García Trochez, pointed out that at least 30 women were sent to China under deception – although there are only two formal complaints – and there they were sexually and commercially exploited.
“The investigations evidenced the existence of a human trafficking network identified as locating women in Santander, Antioquia, and other parts of the country, some of them migrants; they were offered jobs as models abroad and, through different illicit maneuvers, transferring them to China, where, apparently, they were forced to engage in sexual activities, “said the prosecutor.
He modus operandi, according to García, It was based on looking for young people on social networks, via WhatsApp and, in some cases, through a house in Bucaramanga.
With the documentation up to date, they were in charge of a component that provided them with money to pay for the travel expenses
The investigators were able to establish that the victims were subjected to photographic studies and convinced them to accept proposals to model clothing in China, in exchange for millionaire dividends.
Other people in the network were in charge of obtaining the visas and carried out all the procedures to guarantee the departure of women from the country. “With the documentation up to date, they were in charge of a component that provided them with money to pay for travel expenses and trained them to answer questions from immigration filters at international airports“said the prosecutor.
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The deputy director of the Dijín, Colonel Gelber Hernando Cortés, said that the women traveled from Bogotá to Madrid (Spain). There they were received by a woman “who is fully identified, against which a blue circular was issued by Interpol to facilitate his capture “the officer pointed out.
From Madrid they were transferred to Amsterdam (Holland) and, from there, they were sent to Beijing (China), where they were received and taken to a night establishment in Canton or Guandong.
They were imposed a debt of $ 14,000, which they had to meet by paying $ 600 a day in sexual services
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According to Colonel Cortés, the young women were allegedly detained, their passports and personal documents were taken from them, and “a $ 14,000 debt was imposed on them, which they had to meet by paying $ 600 a day for sexual services.”
The others captured are: James Leonardo Téllez Torres (Bogotá), who was allegedly in charge of logistics and transfers in China.
Edilma González was captured in Bucaramanga, Martha Rubiela Gómez Fandiño and Bellanid Rojas Rodríguez were captured in La Peña (Cundinamarca) and Puente Nacional (Santander). They are syndicated to process visas and passports. Gloria Patricia Ocampo Ramírez and Juan Pablo López Galeano, detained in Armenia and Circasia (Quindío), are appointed to provide the resources to prepare and pay for the trips.
The hearings were held in Bucaramanga, and they were charged with the crimes of conspiracy to commit aggravated crime and human trafficking.
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