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It began as an apparently ordinary yoga and tantra school in Lisbon. Gregorian Bivolaru, the cult's leader, evaded the police for years but was arrested in 2023 and is still awaiting trial.
Three premises linked to sexual exploitation were identified in Lisbon. Operation Liberterra III, carried out by Interpol across 119 countries, arrested 3,744 suspects of human trafficking.
Authorities identified three houses linked to sexual exploitation.
Female students are being sent to Japan and the Czech Republic. Some work on pornographic chat services, others in hostess clubs, and all the money they earn goes to the movement. But none of them complain about it.
Of the three people arrested by Spain's Guardia Civil and Portugal's Polícia Judiciária, two are Colombian and one is Spanish. A couple ran the sexual exploitation network in the Algarve.
The new Podcast Plus reveals how dozens of Portuguese women followed a promise of spiritual development and ended up in erotic massage parlours or being filmed during sex acts and orgies.