Rome, transnational gang dismantled: 11 Colombians arrested for prostitution and drugs.

Rome - Carabinieri of the Central Rome Company, at the conclusion of a complex investigation activity, directed by the magistrates of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, of the "Widespread and serious crime" department, have carried out a The prosecutor issued a detention order against 11 Colombian citizens on suspicion of crime., seriously accused, in various capacities, of crimes of criminal association aimed at transnational recruitment, induction and exploitation of prostitution and dealing of narcotic substances.

The investigative activity conducted by the Carabinieri of the Operational Unit of the Rome Central Company from April to August last year, has allowed them to gather serious evidence of guilt in relation to theexistence of a criminal organization composed exclusively of Colombian citizens who, each with their own role and task, they had developed a proven system for recruiting very young compatriots that, from Colombia, They were brought to Italy with the prospect of easy earnings, only to then be immediately forced into prostitution, with the burden of repaying the expenses incurred by the organization for their travel, food and accommodation in "dormitory houses" scattered in the eastern quadrant of the capital, supplying them with drugs to sell to customers who requested it and drew direct economic benefit from their prostitution activities and the sale of narcotic substances.

The investigations allowed us to gather circumstantial evidence regarding the existence of a sophisticated organizational structure with a dominus, called by all Don Carlos, who with his wife and his sister-in-law, considered the "matrons" of the group, would have administered a solid network of drivers, drivers, escorts and protectors, in turn coordinated by a a real 24/XNUMX operations center responsible for managing every phase of the door-to-door prostitution activity, from making appointments to accompanying the girls in hotels, villas and private homes, even outside the Region.

The Carabinieri have collected circumstantial evidence regarding the fact that women were also supplied with cocaine or tusi, Known as “pink cocaine”, to be sold to clients who, during the sexual encounter, requested it.

Every sexual performance would have been compulsorily reported to the dominus, on whose They were customer transfers were arriving, as indicated by the women trained in this sense, who were not allowed to leave the customer's home until the operations center confirmed the transaction had taken place.

According to the strict directives given by the top, in case of control in the street law enforcement, the very young women should have swallow the cocaine immediately, cryptically named 'Fiesta' and in any case they should never have revealed their real address or the reason for their stay in Italy, in order to prevent investigators from reconstructing the entire criminal chain and the logistical base, defined “The Central”, of the organization.

The serious circumstantial evidence collected during the investigation has allowed us to hypothesize that the'criminal organization provided legal assistance in case of arrest of drivers oh girls who prostituted themselves, meticulously managed with real work shifts and weekly rest periods, providing weekly for theUpdating intimate photos of girls on dating sites managed by the switchboard.

During the investigation, Three people were arrested in flagrante for possession of drugs for the purpose of dealing and five others were reported, seizing quantities of marijuana, cocaine and pink cocaine for a total of 12 g and 500 euros in cash.

During the execution of the PM's decree which provides for the arrests of criminal suspects, searches and preventive seizure of passports, were overall kidnapped, in response to the activity: 19g of cocaine, 20g of pink cocaine, 112g of marijuana, 4,5g of MDMA, 7 scales and packaging tools, 19.670 euros, 2.659 dollars, 30 pounds and what are believed to be the gang's accounting books., documenting, in the various houses searched, the presence of about ten very young Colombian citizens and various materials for the exercise of prostitution.

The arrested were all transferred to the Regina Coeli and Rebibbia prisons in Rome, while the wife of Don Carlos, traced by the Carabinieri of Torre del Greco in the municipality in the province of Naples, iin the company of three girls who prostituted themselves, was associated with the Naples-Secondigliano prison.

The Judge for Preliminary Investigations of the Courts of Rome, Tivoli and Torre Annunziata, at the validation hearing, They issued a precautionary custody order for all of them, except for a woman and mother of a small child, who was placed under house arrest with an electronic bracelet.

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