Overview

• The Aug. 27 operation executed about 15 simultaneous searches across La Plata, Berazategui, Quilmes, Bahía Blanca, Rosario, Santa Rosa and Buenos Aires City, freeing 12 women aged 22 to 45.
• Detainees include alleged leader Noelia Elizabeth Ávalos, who ran a call center with 10 phones to schedule clients, and Elizabeth Rodrigo, accused of handling logistics and photography for online profiles.
• Investigators also arrested Carlos Alberto Molina, alleged to manage three apartments used as brothels in Santa Rosa, and Noelia Macarena Lacuadra, accused of overseeing web publications on sites such as Platynum and Skokka.
• Authorities say victims were lured with cleaning-job offers, compelled to hand over up to 90% of earnings, charged about ARS 90,000 for photo books, and rotated by long-distance bus between cities every 10 to 15 days under threats.
• Financial analysis indicated nearly ARS 12 million in monthly flows through two digital accounts, with raids seizing computers, phones, cameras, rental contracts and more than US$20,000, as UFI Nº1 in La Plata under prosecutor Cecilia Corfield leads the case with multi-jurisdictional court support.