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About 20 Women Were Rescued From a Transnational Human Trafficking Network Operating in Antofagasta - La Tercera

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After a year of investigation, about twenty women were rescued from a transnational organization for trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation operating in the north of the country, particularly in Antofagasta. The victims, all foreign citizens, were released from their captors during a procedure carried out by the System of Criminal Analysis and Investigative Focus (SACFI) unit of the High Complexity Prosecutor's Office of A…

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After a year of investigation, about twenty women were rescued from a transnational organization for trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation operating in the north of the country, particularly in Antofagasta. The victims, all foreign citizens, were released from their captors during a procedure carried out by the System of Criminal Analysis and Investigative Focus (SACFI) unit of the High Complexity Prosecutor's Office of A…

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A massive operation carried out in Antofagasta the Investigative Police (PDI), in conjunction with the Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office, managed to rescue 19 sexually exploited women, as well as the arrest of 19 people of different nationalities and the seizure of more than 540 million pesos (about $560 thousand dollars) in species and cash. According to reports [...] The Operational Entry in Chile traps Venezuelans involved in procuring and w…

The Investigative Police (PDI) of Chile, in conjunction with the Prosecutor’s Office, carried out a massive operation in Antofagasta, in the north of the country, managing to rescue 19 sexually exploited women, as well as the arrest of 19 foreigners, between Venezuelans and Colombians, and the seizure of more than 540 million Chilean pesos (approximately $563,680) in species and cash. The operation called “Casa de Muñecas” took place on the morn…

During the proceedings, 22 persons were arrested, most of them from foreigners (Colombians and Venezuelans), and 86 million pesos in cash, 11 vehicles, jewellery and other goods were seized, together with various documentation and electronic devices.

The operation, led by the Attorney General’s Office of High Complexity and the PDI, included raids in different parts of the city, freezing of bank accounts and rescuing some twenty foreign women victims of sexual exploitation. This article in Antofagasta leaves 22 detainees and more than $540 million seized for human trafficking was originally published in El Diario de Antofagasta.

The High Complexity Prosecutor's Office of Antofagasta, its SCFI unit, and specialized brigades of the Investigative Police of Chile, carried out this morning an important operation directed against transnational criminal organizations, dedicated to trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation and other crimes. During the proceedings, 22 persons were arrested, most of them from foreigners (Colombians and Venezuelans), and 86 mil…

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La Tercera broke the news in Chile on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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