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Arrests in Navarra and Catalonia Over Forced Marriage of 14-Year-Old

A social-services alert and coordinated police search led to the girl's recovery while begging in Les Borges Blanques.

Overview

  • Investigators say the parents sold the girl for €5,000, five bottles of whisky and basic food to a family in the Lleida area.
  • Mossos d'Esquadra located her on October 3 outside a supermarket in Les Borges Blanques and placed her under child protection.
  • The minor, who was undocumented and not enrolled in school, is now receiving specialized care.
  • Authorities detained suspects in both regions, including the alleged 21-year-old groom and his parents in Mollerussa, and the girl's parents in Navarra.
  • Police attribute crimes including human trafficking for forced marriage and forced begging, with reports differing on whether three or five people were detained.