Czech company called Netlook, based in Vokovice, Prague, producer of the "Czech Casting" videos and other porn materials, was raided by police.
On Monday, July 13th, about 50 officers entered the company's office space, sealing exits, confiscating computers and searching for documents.
Netlook's owner Martin Stiborek was arrested, with others, 9 people total. They are charged with rape, coersion and human trafficking, possibly facing up to 12 years in prison.
The investigation by the Czech Organized Crime Unit centers around the "casting" videos. Police got testimony from 18 girls that participated in these videos, describing what is actually happening behind the scenes. The castings start as a modeling ad offering a few thousands CZK, the women then signed a contract which they mostly didn't read properly. When they realised the contract was about casting for porn, with high financial penalty for non-compliance, they were persuaded into sex. They felt frightened by the environment and the pressure on them, so they complied to get away. Some were forced physically by the cameraman, the police said. Later testimonies specified that the girls felt helpless, so they did what the cameraman said. At the end they got the money in cash.
The company edited the footage in a way that makes the girls look like they themselves desire the sex.
When the videos were published on the web and the girls were being recognized by friends and family, some of the girls admitted to having suicidal tendencies. Some of them left school or their city or left the country.
The police got the raw unedited footage from these castings, arresting also the cameraman, the company's financial chief, and others. The company's layer said that the girls cooperated willingly. The company made 1600 videos in last years, police is investigating the ones made between 2016 and 2019. The police were after Netlook multiple times in the past, not proving criminal activity then.
Source (in czech): Seznam Zprávy, Blažek V. (
https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/p...e-vazbe-112697)