bigscottishdude
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2015
When someone mentions criminal gangs and organised crime, most people's mind goes to The Godfather style Italian family gangs, or if you're British The Cray brothers. More recently, people might think of the South American drug cartels, or perhaps the Asian Triad families. Few people however, would think of North Africa. Many had heard of the chaos caused by some of the North African immigrants through France, but for the most part they were thought of as random acts by frustrated, angry youths. Few realised that amongst the many thousands of immigrants that were currently flooding the southern half of Europe, incredibly organised criminal gangs were operating. Drugs, jewels prostitution and weapons were the obvious sources of income, but these gangs had another branch to their business.
Throughout much of Africa and the Middle East, women were treated as little better than slaves. The wealthier one was, the more you had, and if you were particularly wealthy - a foreign women was particularly prized. British, Japanese, Latino and particularly American women were eagerly saught after. Some found women willing to trade their bodies in return for a generous salary, but demand far outstripped supply. The gangs had spotted a gap in the market, setting up a sophisticated network that carefully kidnapped women who they would then sell off at secretive auctions for vast profits.
It was one of these networks that Lea Thomas and her group of four American students had inadvertently stumbled into. The tour company she had organised the trip through were, on the surface, completely legitamite, organising hundreds of tours for American groups to Europe and beyond. However, the owner also had close links to one of the gangs, having been born and brought up their himself. Every so often a group, or member of the group caught his attention, and passed the details along. The group of 5 attractive young Americans had been just one of those groups.
The planning was completed weeks in advance, the group's schedule known exactly to them. The kidnapping was to take place on day 4 of their trip, when they were scheduled to visit one of France's legendary vineyards. The one selected was particularly isolated. A carefully faked road closure would see the groups rental car diverted along a lonely side road to nowhere, with a steep-sided deep ravine down one side. It was here the snatch team waited, a car parked at the roadside, apparently fixing a puncture; a small lorry on the otherside, apparently stopped to help but completely blocking the road. The plan was to snatch the girls, put a few bodies that were needing disposed of in the car, make sure the petrol tank was burning before pushing the car into the ravine. The impact and fire would ensure the identity of the bodies would be assumed rather than proven. The men waited, quietly listening for the sounds of an approaching vehicle, the message from the team on the main road saying the car headed up the diversion and were on their way.
Throughout much of Africa and the Middle East, women were treated as little better than slaves. The wealthier one was, the more you had, and if you were particularly wealthy - a foreign women was particularly prized. British, Japanese, Latino and particularly American women were eagerly saught after. Some found women willing to trade their bodies in return for a generous salary, but demand far outstripped supply. The gangs had spotted a gap in the market, setting up a sophisticated network that carefully kidnapped women who they would then sell off at secretive auctions for vast profits.
It was one of these networks that Lea Thomas and her group of four American students had inadvertently stumbled into. The tour company she had organised the trip through were, on the surface, completely legitamite, organising hundreds of tours for American groups to Europe and beyond. However, the owner also had close links to one of the gangs, having been born and brought up their himself. Every so often a group, or member of the group caught his attention, and passed the details along. The group of 5 attractive young Americans had been just one of those groups.
The planning was completed weeks in advance, the group's schedule known exactly to them. The kidnapping was to take place on day 4 of their trip, when they were scheduled to visit one of France's legendary vineyards. The one selected was particularly isolated. A carefully faked road closure would see the groups rental car diverted along a lonely side road to nowhere, with a steep-sided deep ravine down one side. It was here the snatch team waited, a car parked at the roadside, apparently fixing a puncture; a small lorry on the otherside, apparently stopped to help but completely blocking the road. The plan was to snatch the girls, put a few bodies that were needing disposed of in the car, make sure the petrol tank was burning before pushing the car into the ravine. The impact and fire would ensure the identity of the bodies would be assumed rather than proven. The men waited, quietly listening for the sounds of an approaching vehicle, the message from the team on the main road saying the car headed up the diversion and were on their way.