# Placido Domingo linked to Argentinian sex-trafficking ring **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 18, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860 "2022-08-18T01:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/1 "2022-08-18T01:37:01Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to put this here or in the Pit; mods, feel free to move it if you deem it appropriate later on. > **[Plácido Domingo linked to criminal ring in Argentina, prosecutors say](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/17/1118010206/placido-domingo-linked-to-criminal-ring-in-argentina-prosecutors-say?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2gwF-GY9OtMWXgjTz-m-DddvYINIvNoWnwSYs7u110UmWlHXADQuRYm-w)** > > Media in Argentina have broadcast audio recordings of police wiretaps that prosecutors say includes the voice of the famed singer making plans for a sexual encounter arranged by the crime ring. This story doesn’t go into much detail, but I did know that he’d had multiple accusations of sexual harassment filed against him. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/2 "2022-08-18T02:12:01Z")
This is the first time I’d heard that people had accused him of anything. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/3 "2022-08-18T02:18:18Z")
And when he finally sings, will they sell tickets to the courtroom? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/4 "2022-08-18T15:07:15Z")
It’s been known for a while. I don’t know many details but I wouldn’t be surprised to find he abused his position in pursuit of women many more times. He lived the life of an operatic character. I wouldn’t be surprised if he beat his mute clownish dresser. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/5 "2022-08-18T15:20:46Z")
I bet he was captured by this guy… > **[Robot Opera Singer Who Fights Crime! - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8im08)** > > Starring Andy Richter as the Robot... ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/6 "2022-08-20T03:10:52Z")
It looks like there’s a juicy cult story behind the “criminal ring”. > **[Famed Yoga School Was Allegedly a Cult That Recruited ‘Geishas’ for Sex...](https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgygqn/famed-yoga-school-was-allegedly-a-cult-that-recruited-geishas-for-sex-trafficking)** > > Argentine police allege the so-called “geishas” were recruited to engage in sex acts with “people of power” for money and influence. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/placido-domingo-linked-to-argentinian-sex-trafficking-ring/969860/7 "2022-08-20T14:49:31Z")
“Inspector Ricardo Juri, the head of the Argentine Federal Police human trafficking division behind the investigation, told VICE News that many of the recently arrested “were the same people as 30 years ago.”” That explains the seizure of “VHS porn tapes”.