9 arrested in crackdown on loverboy trafficking in Bulgaria and UK

Arrests: 9 arrests   Victims safeguarded:  5  Assets seized: Assets worth over EUR 1.1 million, including cash, high value vehicles and property Modus operandi: The suspects – all Bulgarian nationals, are believed to have trafficked young women to the United Kingdom for sexual exploitation. They targeted their victims on social media and used the loverboy method to lure them to…

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