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Utrecht men held after forcing 16-year-old into sex work

Jan 10 '17 17:15
Crime

The police arrested two men on Monday on suspicion of sexually exploiting a 16-year-old girl over a period of several weeks, the police announced in a statement.

The police launched an investigation after reports of a underage girl working as a prostitute. The investigation led to the suspects - a 41-year-old man from Utrecht and a 25-year-old man with no fixed address. The arrests were made by the Migration Crime and Human Trafficking team in Utrecht and Bilthoven respectively.

The investigation is still ongoing and the police believe that more arrests may follow.

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Dutch police dismantle international human trafficking network

Oct 6 '16 16:00
Crime

The police dismantled an international human trafficking network with raids in Amsterdam, Bulgaria, Belgium and Germany. Ten suspects were arrested, the Dutch police said on Thursday

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Helmond man arrested for forcing girl, 16, into prostitution

Jul 29 '16 08:35
Crime

A 24-year-old man from Helmond was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of sexually exploiting a 16-year-old girl from Breda. The police believe the man made the teenager work as a prostitute between February and May this year.

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Seven arrested for underage sex in human trafficking bust

Oct 29 '15 12:33
Crime

The police arrested seven men between the ages of 25 and 50 years old on Tuesday and Wednesday on suspicion of having sex with underage prostitutes. The suspects come from Noord Holland and Flevoland.

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Motorcycle gang members acquitted in forced prostitution case

Aug 18 '15 15:37
Crime

Two members of motorcycle gang Satudarah were acquitted of sexual exploitation by the court in Almelo on Tuesday.

"Free sex and illegal income": Amsterdam Red Light Dist. trafficking

Jun 2 '15 11:33
Crime

The case of four men suspected of human trafficking appeared in the court in Amsterdam on Monday. These men, who were window operators for a room rental business in the Red Light District, exploited women for a period of 5 years between 2004 and 2010, according to the Public Prosecutor.

Up to 80 men implicated in underage prostitution case

Jan 26 '15 16:31
Crime

The man who pimped out a 16-year-old girl in Limburg, did so only because the girl wanted to, his lawyer has said. His statement comes as DNA research shows that no less than 80 men has sex with the underage girl.

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Fifty men caught after sex with 16-year-old girl

Jan 26 '15 08:41
Crime

The police will soon be at the door of about 50 men for having sex with a 16-year-old girl. The police tracked the men using the mobile phone of a so-called "lover boy" in Valkenburg and used condoms.