Eight men, including a teenager, were indicted Thursday in Paris as part of an investigation for aggravated pimping and criminal association.
The defendants are suspected of having exploited, since August 2020, around twenty young girls, most of them minors, sometimes on the run, reported Le Parisien.
Four of the eight indicted were remanded in custody, the others are under judicial supervision. A judicial investigation was opened on September 29.
Earnings estimated at 10,000 euros per week
According to the Ile-de-France media, the network canvassed customers by posting classified ads on specialized sites and rented apartments on the Airbnb online platform, mainly in the 16th arrondissement of the capital.
During the searches, investigators seized 10,000 euros in cash, the estimated average amount of what the network earned each week.