Spanish police arrest 25 in suspected Chinese mafia bust


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested 25 Chinese nationals suspected of forming a criminal gang whose primary business was trafficking and sexually exploiting women in Barcelona brothels.

Eleven of the 25 arrested in the swoop on April 10 have been detained pending further investigation, police in the northeastern city said in a statement on Wednesday. The rest were released without charges, but their passports were confiscated.

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