{"id":45620,"date":"2013-10-26T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T14:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=45620"},"modified":"2013-10-26T18:28:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T14:28:04","slug":"police-smash-high-class-prostitution-ring-that-paid-well-known-brazilian-models-60000-a-week-to-service-clients-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=45620","title":{"rendered":"Police smash high class prostitution ring that paid well-known Brazilian models \u00a360,000 a WEEK to ‘service’ clients around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"photo<\/a>Police in Brazil have smashed a high-end prostitution ring that delivered well-known Brazilian models and cover girls to businessmen and politicians in Europe and Africa, it was reported today.<\/p>\n

The women, who according to police appeared regularly on Brazilian TV and in men’s magazines, are believed to have been paid as much as \u00a360,000 a week, investigators said.<\/p>\n

Police claim the gang transported as many as 90 women a year from Brazil to wealthy clients in Angola, South Africa, Portugal and Austria in a racket believed to have amassed them over \u00a328 million since 2007.<\/p>\n

Federal police officers moved in on the gang yesterday following a year-long investigation, arresting three men and two women in the state of Sao Paulo, southeast Brazil.<\/p>\n

Eleven luxury cars, as well as 23 passports, 14 visa requests for travel to Angola, foreign money and drugs were also seized, police said.<\/p>\n

Police chief Luiz Tempestini, who led the investigation, told Brazil’s O Globo newspaper that many of the women, who have not been named, worked as dancers, models or actresses on popular Brazilian TV shows.<\/p>\n

The gang members who were arrested have been charged with participation in organised crime, international people trafficking, embezzlement, false imprisonment and endangering the health and life of others, and face a maximum jail term of 30 years.<\/p>\n

Two other suspects wanted by Brazilian police and believed to be living outside the country were placed on Interpol’s red notice list.<\/p>\n

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