November 29, 2013
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Nearly 100 women forced into prostitution were freed after police in Buenos Aires closed dozens of brothels, officials said Thursday.
The 96 women, most originally from Paraguay and Peru, were released as police raided and shuttered around 30 brothels, police in the Argentine capital said.
Trafficking of young women is common in Argentina, according to authorities.
In 2012, officials dealt with 1,568 cases involving young people forced into work, with roughly half of them prostitutes.
