An inmate managed a large pimping network from Nice prison

A simple telephone, from his cell, allowed him to prosper his business, which was as flourishing as it was illegal.

A 31-year-old detainee who orchestrated a vast network of pimping from the prisons of Nice, then from Tarascon where he had been transferred, for similar facts, saw his business dismantled by the PJ of Nice,

the prosecutor

told

of the Republic of the Côte d'Azur capital, confirming information from

.

Women in their twenties traded in their bodies and the funds passed through several people.

A wide net allowed the arrest of nine people, including the main suspect, in Lyon, Bordeaux and in the Grand-Est.

The 31-year-old detainee is said to have mainly received the support of members of his family to make his business prosperous.

According to the regional daily, among the 220,000 euros seized during the searches, 100,000 were found stored in small denominations in airtight bags in the garden of his grandparents.

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