A British model was drugged and kidnapped in Milan to be sold in an online auction, say Italian police. The unnamed woman, 20, had arrived in the city on 10 July to take part in a photo shoot arranged through her agent, but was abducted and held captive for six days.
Polish national Lukasz Herba, 30, who lives in the UK, has been arrested on kidnapping charges, police said.
The model arrived at an apartment the following day for the shoot, where she was attacked by two men, said police.The woman was then drugged, handcuffed and loaded into a bag and put into the boot of car which was driven to an isolated house in Borgial, northwest of Turin.
Italian prosecutor Paolo Storari said: “The victim was doped with ketamine – then she was locked in a bag and carried for hours in a car. Think what could would have happened if she suffered from asthma.”
The woman was kept handcuffed to a wooden chest of drawers in the bedroom for six days until she was released and taken to the British consulate in Milan, according to police. Investigators said they discovered the kidnapper had organised several online auctions for the sale of abducted girls, which included a description and an opening price.
The kidnapper used an encrypted account to ask the model’s agent for £230,000 ($300,000) to stop her from being sold in auction. He claimed he was working on behalf of the “Black Death Group”, an organisation which operates in the deep web for illegal traffics, police said.
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