Overview
- Officers searched hotel properties in Charlottenburg and Schöneberg last Thursday in a probe into suspected human trafficking for sexual exploitation.
- Seven women aged 28 to 49 were located and identified by authorities as possibly coerced into prostitution.
- A 36-year-old encountered during the operation was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant related to an unpaid fine.
- Investigators secured data drives, documents and a four-figure sum in cash as potential evidence of criminal proceeds.
- Building inspectors found life-threatening defects at the Charlottenburg hotel, prompting the sealing of rooms and evacuation of occupants as inquiries continue.