Italian police on Wednesday
arrested nine people after busting an alleged child prostitution
ring operating via Internet contact sites, judicial sources
said.
The nine - seven of them held in jail and two placed under
house arrest - were aged between 30 and 60 and resident in the
provinces of Milan and Pavia.
Among them, and four other people placed under investigation,
were "persons apparently above suspicion, without criminal
records, as well as repeat offenders", police said.
The alleged ring included fathers, businessmen, factory
workers, professionals and shopkeepers.
The accused allegedly paid for sex with 50 euros per session
as well as smartphones and clothes, police said.
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