Today, the Federal Judicial Police of Brussels, supported by several units from other judicial districts and the police of the Brussels-North zone, searched 56 addresses as part of an investigation into acts of trafficking in human beings (sexual exploitation).

The investigation targets the Nigerian and Ghanaian prostitution underworld. Three young men are suspected of having placed young Nigerian women in the windows of brothels in Brussels-North. Generally transiting through France or Italy, these young women then find themselves in a precarious and irregular situation in Belgium.

In addition to prostitution "bars" in the Brussels-North zone, police also searched the homes of those suspected of being responsible for this human trafficking network in Antwerp, Liège and East Flanders.

For further information, please read this press release.