15 women freed and arrests made in sex trafficking swoop

Police in Spain, France, and Paraguay have arrested around 14 people, and have freed up to 15 women as part of a joint operation against sex trafficking.

Spanish police said they arrested nine people in the northern city of Pamplona on sex trafficking charges and liberated four exploited Paraguayan women.

They said the operation started after one of the victims dialled the Spanish help hotline against human trafficking back in 2015.