Twelve women have had to endure a harrowing ordeal over the past five years: a Hungarian quartet allegedly drugged the women and forced them into prostitution throughout Austria, but especially in Linz and Wels.
After an investigation by the State Criminal Investigation Department (LKA) in Upper Austria, the four suspects – two men (24 and 44 years old) and two women (29 and 46 years old) have now been arrested. According to the results of the investigation so far, the victims were transferred from Hungary to Austria, some by force.
The wages paid by the johns for illegal prostitution immediately went into the pockets of “minders”. In addition, the women were given the drug methamphetamine – also ‘to keep them adhering to the rules’, as the LKA suspects.
850,000 euros stolen
The group of perpetrators is said to have earned more than 850,000 euros from the exploitation of the three victims interviewed so far. The criminals are also said to have imported and exported at least 900 grams of methamphetamine.
Three arrests in Budapest
The blow against the perpetrator group was caused by the arrest of the 46-year-old Hungarian woman, who was said to have acted as a ‘guardian’. She was arrested at the end of November, shortly before she left Austria.
The investigators then searched an illegal brothel in the center of Linz, where small amounts of drugs and cash were seized. At the same time, the Wels public prosecutor’s office issued European arrest warrants against the other three suspects. They were arrested in Budapest.
The investigation into the shocking network of perpetrators continues.
Source: Krone
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