Not only was women’s money taken, but they were also abused.

The police liquidated a Hungarian gang that operated a brothel in Germany. According to a report published on police.hu, the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Police Headquarters is prosecuting seven people on commercial suspicion of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of exploitation, five of the suspects aged 22 to 38 in Nyíregyháza and one in Tiszavasvár. population.

The suspects have operated a brothel in Germany since 2018, targeted vulnerable Hungarian citizens and took most of their earnings, and in some cases abused them as well.

The suspects shared tasks related to the recruitment, travel, and employment of women, as well as posted ads, managed their income and expenses, and all received the money earned by prostitutes accordingly.

After an investigation that lasted more than a year, all suspects were captured by Nyíregyháza investigators on May 7, with the deployment of some 40 police officers. Nearly five million cash forints, high-value cars, and gold jewelry were confiscated at each location.

Before operating the brothel in Germany, members of the criminal organization forced the women they recruited into prostitution in Switzerland, Austria and Belgium.

The suspects were questioned, N. L., a Nyíregyháza resident, was criminally detained by the police and his arrest was proposed.


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