European police have arrested six suspected members of a Finnish-led gang who trafficked women for sex, seizing almost three million euros in assets in four countries, officials said Wednesday.
The operation code-named “Webmaster” also shut down 16 websites advertising sexual services and led to the arrest of the alleged ringleader based in Marbella in Spain, the EU’s police agency Europol said.
Two other suspects were also arrested in Spain and others in Malta, Romania and Finland. Read more
