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Trafficking victims
OFFICERS of the National Police have freed 15 women victims of trafficking in premises located in the region of Murcia and in the province of Almeria thanks to a complaint received at trata@policia.es
Two criminal organisations have been dismantled and 16 people have been arrested15 in Murcia and one in Almeria of whom seven have been remanded in custody.
The victims were vulnerable women, mainly recruited in Colombia and Ecuador, who were subsequently forced into prostitution after arriving in Spain where they were subjected to surveillance by video surveillance devices.
They received around 50 per cent of the profits obtained, were forced to use narcotic substances and only in some cases were freed from sexual exploitation, but in exchange they were exploited for work as managers in the brothels.
This operation is part of the National Police Plan against Trafficking in Human Beings for Sexual Exploitation.
The National Police has a freephone telephone number 900 105 090 and email tra ta@policia.es to facilitate citizen collaboration and anonymous and confidential reporting of this type of crime. Any calls to the number will not be shown in your phone bill.
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The new mayor said: “My office is not going to be a fortress. Rather, my office will be the street: not only of the city but of the whole municipality.
“We will go out to listen, as we have done, to ask for opinions, to get a feel for the reality of this blessed Elche through you, its neighbours, the people of Elche, those who make Elche so great,” he added.
“From this moment until the next municipal elections we have 1,436 days and that is a valuable and precious time to improve the lives of our citizens and transform our city.”
Finally, Pablo Ruz ended his speech by assuring that “as soon as all the public administrations are formed, I will go to demand
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