Three men were taken into police custody on Tuesday in Paris as part of the investigation for aggravated human trafficking, gang rape or aggravated pimping. An investigation which follows a judicial investigation opened in October 2020 on the pornographic video platform “French Bukkake”, according to Agence France Presse.
More than forty alleged victims
Since the start of the investigations carried out by the gendarmes of the Paris research section, more than forty victims have joined as civil parties, as well as associations. Twelve men, actors, directors, producers, are prosecuted in this exceptional case by its magnitude. The vast majority are incarcerated.
According to elements of the investigation revealed by the press and of which AFP was aware, the platform of “Pascal OP”, “French Bukkake”, named after a sexual practice, first attracted the attention of investigators: a subscription allowed customers to participate in priority to these collective ejaculations, with places reserved for sessions without condoms. This system aimed at making individuals pay in exchange for organized sexual relations has fueled, in the eyes of the courts, suspicions of pimping.
Suspicions of pimping and coercion
According to elements of the investigation revealed by the press and of which AFP was aware, the platform of “Pascal OP”, “French Bukkake”, named after a sexual practice, first attracted the attention of investigators: a subscription allowed customers to participate in priority to these collective ejaculations, with places reserved for sessions without condoms. This system aimed at making individuals pay in exchange for organized sexual relations has fueled, in the eyes of the courts, suspicions of pimping.
According to the analyzes of the gendarmes of the research section of Paris, the videos produced “really questioned the consent of young women to the various sexual services”, since in certain passages, they verbally opposed sexual practices which were imposed on them.
The French porn industry has been in the spotlight for two years: another survey carried out in Paris since July 2020 targets “Jacquie et Michel”, France’s incarnation of amateur porn. In June, four men, including the founder of the site, Michel Piron, were indicted in an open judicial investigation, in particular for aggravated pimping, trafficking in human beings in an organized gang, rape with torture and acts of barbarism.