The Province

Child sex slave ring smashed

Colombian operation run by madam

- BRAD HUNTER bhunter@postmedia.com

A maniacal madam and her twisted child sex ring that branded 250 prostitute­s has been dismantled by cops in Colombia.

Detectives say the girls — snatched from Colombia and Venezuela — were lured into the gang’s clutches with promises of becoming supermodel­s in Cartagena.

The underage sex slaves — all between 14 and 17 years old — were branded with tattoos to show their ownership.

According to cops, the gang’s ringleader was named as ‘Madame’ Liliana del Carmen Campos Puello. It’s believed the sultry pimp worked with an Israeli crime group in the heartless scheme.

After recruiting the girls from impoverish­ed neighbourh­oods, they were provided with passports and given money to fly to Cartagena.

When they arrived, it’s alleged their documents were ripped from them, they were gang-raped, tattooed and forced into a grim life of prostituti­on.

The sophistica­ted sickos advertised the girls in catalogues and forced them to attend sex parties at hotels, on yachts and in mansions.

Campos Puello allegedly handpicked the best girls for each event.

The Attorney General’s Office said: “The Madame has a criminal record for heroin traffickin­g and illegal entrance into the United States. Additional­ly, she was in charge of operating a prostituti­on service in the beach area, as well as using internatio­nal contacts to organize events where the girls were forced to perform.”

 ?? — INSTAGRAM ?? ‘Madame’ Liliana del Carmen Campos Puello is accused of running a child sex slave ring in Colombia that included 250 girls aged 14 to 17.
— INSTAGRAM ‘Madame’ Liliana del Carmen Campos Puello is accused of running a child sex slave ring in Colombia that included 250 girls aged 14 to 17.

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