Police in Belgium have apprehended four Bulgarian women who were in charge of a prostitution and women-trafficking gang, local media reported.

A total of six people were apprehended for trafficking Eastern European women, who were mainly from Bulgaria, and forcing them to prostitute.

Police first busted a father and his daughter, who owned the two bars where all the illegally-residing prostitutes appeared at some point. The four Bulgarian women were arrested later. They were in charge of the sex-slaves network and helped manage the bars, reports say.

Several Bulgarian prostitutes were also caught at the scene, and will be extradited back to their homeland.

Cited in: Sofia News Agency, Pimping Bulgarian Women Busted in Belgium, 29 July 2006