Online chats unveil alleged prostitution racket involving minors

Online conversations revealed by Kathimerini shed light on the ongoing investigation into the alleged prostitution racket involving girls aged 14 to 18 in Athens. Six arrests have been made by the police in connection with the case.

In these exchanges, the purported leader, a 25-year-old woman from Aspropyrgos, west Attica, is seen pressuring a minor regarding the division of earnings from intimate encounters. 

"You take 100 euros and do nothing, it's unfair," the minor protested, while the leader emotionally appealed, claiming dire need of the money, stating, "I use the money to eat, if I don't have that, I don't even eat bread, and you know it!"

According to a statement released Tuesday, the 25-year-old woman is believed to have recruited the girls and arranged their meetings with clients at hourly-rate hotels in the Greek capital's center. 

She...