Europe Cracks Down on Sex Trafficking, 15 Arrested

Authorities across Europe detained 15 suspects believed to be members of two separate criminal groups involved in the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. One operating between the United Kingdom and Bulgaria, and the other in Romania and Ireland. The EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation said in statements on Wednesday that police in the U.K. and in Bulgaria, with the support of EU law enforcement agencies, conducted investigations since November 2021 into a criminal network that trafficked vulnerable women in Bulgaria for sexual exploitation. Detective Jim Madden from the U.K. Police said that women were allegedly groomed and forced…