Overview

• Police rescued 12 adult women during coordinated operations across La Plata, Berazategui, Quilmes, Bahía Blanca, Rosario, Santa Rosa and the City of Buenos Aires.
• Among those held is Elizabeth Rodrigo, mother of entertainer Ayelén Paleo, accused of handling logistics and taking erotic photos used for online advertisements.
• Other detainees include alleged leader Noelia Elizabeth Ávalos, associate Carlos Alberto Molina and web developer Noelia Macarena Lacuadra, according to investigators.
• The scheme allegedly recruited with false domestic-work offers, rotated victims by long‑distance buses, retained about 90% of earnings and charged up to 90,000 pesos for photo books.
• Prosecutors say the probe continues after tracking roughly 12 million pesos a month through digital accounts and seizing phones, computers, cameras, contracts and more than US$20,000 in cash.