May 2, 2024

Athens News

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Shocking revelations from a 17-year-old girl involved in prostitution


Three accused of pimping minors have been sent to prison.

By decision of the prosecutor, 31-year-old “Lorela” and 34-year-old photographer from Ekali, accused, depending on the circumstances, of pimping and pornography, were placed in custody.

The third accused of committing a crime of sexual intercourse with a minor was released with a restrictive condition of appearing twice a month at the Police Department and a cash bail of 5,000 euros.

According to the information, all three deny their involvement in the criminal acts accused of them. The defendant allegedly claimed that she did not force the girls into prostitution and that when she suspected something was going on with a 17-year-old girl she knew from the beauty salon she managed, she tried to convince her to stop doing it. She also stated that she does not know any of her co-accused.

As for the two men, according to the same sources, they claimed that they did not know that the girls were minors because they seemed older than their actual age. The details of the criminal scheme for involving minors in prostitution, which have become public, are frightening. One of the victims of sexual exploitation appeared before the Evelpidon court and at first even tried to justify “Laurela” and blamed the photographer for everything.

However, a few hours later, the girl radically changed her mind, saying that “the attempt to acquit Lorella is connected with the persecution that, according to her, her family was subjected to from those around the accused.

According to the authorities’ investigation, in 2022, Lorela, the owner of a beauty salon, a man from Ekali and 25-year-old Elena concentrated their efforts on “catching” underage girls and, using lure of a luxurious life, they convinced them to engage in prostitution.

What the victim of pimps says is shocking. The accused found her clients through a very popular social network, where she posted a photo of the girl, noting that she was 20 years old. The pimp responded to requests from much older, financially wealthy men from the northern suburbs of Athens. According to the victim, the 55-year-old “client” (who was later arrested and detained at Korydallos Prison) sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.

“He pointed a gun at me and another 18-year-old girl and threatened to kill us. I had to have sexual intercourse with this particular person. I did it without meaning to, I cried…” says the victim of sexual exploitation. The case was solved thanks to the fact that the mother of a 15-year-old girl realized that something was wrong and filed a statement with the police.



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