Greek authorities dismantle major prostitution racket

The Greek police's organized crime and human trafficking unit has dismantled a large-scale operation that exploited migrant women, forcing them to work as prostitutes.

In a coordinated operation in Athens, in the southwest Peloponnese and on the holiday island of Myconos, police arrested 13 suspects, while arrest warrants have been issued for another 12.

According to the police's announcement on Sunday, members of the gang would smuggle women into Greece, mainly from former eastern block counties, with promises of finding them legitimate employment. They would then place the women in apartments in Athens, take away their travel and identification papers to prevent them from running away and force them by violence to work at as prostitutes at various nightclubs.

The gang also supplied brothels and strip clubs in other parts of the country with women from its human...