Illustration of prostitution.
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A. Gelebart / 20 Minutes
They prostituted the teenage girls of the neighborhood, on social networks like Snapchat, to make easy money.
Two people, a man and a woman, were arrested at the beginning of the week and brought before the Toulouse public prosecutor's office on Thursday for aggravated pimping of two minors who had run away from their home, reports
100% Radio
.
The police officers of the Territorial Directorate of the Toulouse judicial police arrested these two people who dangled large sums of money from their victims in exchange for escort-girl services in apartments in Toulouse.
At least two minor victims
The two young minors aged 15 and 16 were in fact forced to engage in prostitution with several clients per day, under penalty of being beaten if they refused.
The two alleged pimps recruited their fragile victims while they were on the run or placed in shelters.
The Toulouse public prosecutor's office has opened a judicial investigation.
Investigators must now establish the respective roles of the two arrested and identify possible accomplices.
The man was placed under judicial supervision and the young adult was imprisoned.
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