On Thursday, news told how the police this spring uncovered what they believe was a 24-hour brothel in an apartment building in central Oslo. In several apartments over several floors, sex was sold. More than 100 women lived and worked in the brothel. The police enter the apartment building on March 8, 2022. Photo: Private The apartments were decorated anonymously. There were beds and bedside tables with boxes of condoms and lubricant. Around 200 women from Eastern Europe are said to have been transported to Norway. Among other things, they were smuggled into the country via a forest road across the Swedish border. There they were picked up by car. The police believe a Norwegian-Ukrainian network is behind it. This is the BMW that was used to transport the women. news found the car somewhere in Romerike. Photo: Truls Alnes Antonsen / news Sentralt is a married couple with a Ukrainian woman in her 50s and a Norwegian man in his 30s. They are said to have made millions from the organized pimping business. Has fined several Eight people have been arrested and charged with pimping. The couple pleads guilty to pimping. In addition, four of them are charged with human trafficking. Everyone denies criminal guilt for this. Now the police believe they know the identities of hundreds of sex buyers. Police attorney Jens Andenæs says the police are considering fining more sex customers. Photo: Truls Alnes Antonsen / news Police lawyer Jens Andenæs has a clear message for sex buyers: – The police know that a large number of people, hundreds, have bought sexual services from this network. For the police, it is then an important message that if you buy sex from prostitutes, you risk exploiting a victim of human trafficking, he tells news. Several of the customers have already been fined. – We have fined several sex customers as part of the investigation, and I also do not want to rule out that more may be fined, Andenæs says. Buying sex from adults is normally punished with a fine of 25,000 kroner, according to lawyers news has been in contact with. The form of payment may have revealed buyers The police have made many seizures in the investigation. This is cash the police found at the couple’s home. PHOTO: POLICEThis Porsche has been seized. According to the police, the car was disposed of by the main suspect in his 30s. PHOTO: POLICE Several bags of cash were found. In total, it should be a question of a million, according to the police. PHOTO: POLICE This house was bought by the main suspect woman in her 50s earlier this year, but has now been seized by the police. PHOTO: NRKEvery third day, cash was collected from the brothel. The police believe that much of the money ended up with the culprits. PHOTO: POLICE During the search of the couple’s house, the police also found large amounts of foreign currency. This bag was full of US dollars. PHOTO: POLICEThis BWM and a third car, a Porsche Panamera have also been seized. PHOTO: THE POLICE Cash transfers have been a large part of the police’s reconnaissance work. The picture below shows what the police believe is a bag full of cash being handed over to one of the main men in the network: Every three days, cash was collected by the behind-the-scenes apparatus. Here, the main man is pictured outside the brothel when, according to the police, he receives a bag of cash. Photo: the police Customers paid either with cash or with Vipps. It may have helped to reveal them: – A lot of cash has been paid, but there have also been electronic transfers that the police are aware of, Andenæs says. – So if you have paid with Vipps, do you have a name? – The police have some information about potential buyers of sexual services, yes. Several such bags with cash are among the seizures made by the police. Photo: the police Well organized – Based on the cases I have worked with so far, we see that this environment is very well organized, says Tore Hellebust in the human trafficking group to the Oslo police district. It has to do with how the network is built. – There are several intermediaries. There is a difference between who sits at the top and who facilities, who performs, who raises money. There are very clear roles from what we see so far, says Hellebust. The apartment building in central Oslo has several apartments and bedrooms that the police believe were used for sex sales. Photo: Truls Alnes Antonsen / news Never seen anything like it – That we see such a large organization is rare. This is what Richard Lunden, deputy head of the Pro Center, says. The Pro Center is a help service for prostitutes. They have never seen such an extensive network in Oslo. – They have a plan for how long they will be here, how they will work. So this is a very professional version of that kind of business. Lunden also says that Pro Senteret saw that the number of sex ads in Oslo decreased after the police acted against the brothel in March. The Pro Center says they have never seen a prostitution network on this scale before. Here, the alleged ringleader meets another in the network for a money transfer. Photo: Police
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