Woman arrested in connection to Online child sex trafficking ring busted recently

June 17, 2021 at 10:26 AM

 

A 26-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to the online sex trafficking ring that was busted in Mount Lavinia recently.

The Police said the suspect has been remanded after being produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The woman has been charged with transporting the 15-year-old female victim used in the sex trafficking ring to various customers. 

Meanwhile, the chief suspect who was earlier arrested for operating the sex trafficking ring via the internet has been remanded after being produced before the Moratuwa Magistrate’s Court.

Interrogations of the female victim have revealed that she had been sold to various individuals on a daily basis over the last 04-months. 

Further investigations conducted by the Police Children and Women’s Bureau had led to the arrest of the female suspect, who had aided the online sex trafficking ring. (NewsWire)