STA , 20 July - The Koper District Court was no longer allowed to extend the provisional securement of the asset recovery claim in the prostitution and sex trafficking case known as Marina. They are believed to have made at least EUR 21 million in illegal gains while allegedly operating a prostitution ring at the Marina Sauna Club near Nova Gorica, and abusing some women, mostly from Romania, Ukraine, Albania and the former Yugoslavia, between and , who have had to serve some , male guests, says the prosecution.
According to the newspaper, provisional securement of a asset recovery claim is ordered by the court when there is reason to believe a suspect will use illegally acquired assets to resume criminal activity or that they will hide, steal, destroy or otherwise use said assets to impede criminal proceedings and asset recovery once court proceedings are completed. The Koper District Court has also received EUR , in bail since September which was paid to release the prime suspect, businessman Sergej Racman, from custody.
All four defendants maintain the Marina was an erotic club providing an intimate atmosphere, but no one was forced into prostitution. Prostitution was decriminalised in Slovenia , but only for those providing the services voluntarily, without procurement and coercion. The Marina club Facebook. Share this:. Total Slovenia News on Facebook. Editorial 11 Dec , AM. Gourmet Tarragon Potica.
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