Bulgarian Pimp Detained at Sofia Airport

Crime | November 11, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00

The Bulgarian border police has detained a 32-year old man at the Sofia airport on Tuesday over a request for help coming from his alleged victim.

A young women from the Bulgarian Northeastern city of Dobrich has told the border police patrol that the man was trying to forcefully take her out of Bulgaria to Italy to pimp her as prostitute.

The alleged pimp, who has been on the same flight to Milan as the young woman, has been arrested at the airport. The young women later told the police that she had previously worked as a prostitute in Italy and the 32-year old man has been her pimp. According to the woman, he had been severely beating her and had taken and hidden her ID papers and passport.

The man is detained for 24 hours. The case is currently under investigation.

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