Several French NGOs (e.g., Médecins du Monde, Le Nid) have warned that hyper-organized brands like "Vince Banderos" often mask trafficking networks. The "no refusal" policy that clients enjoy is often a red flag for coercion.

The door he found was unremarkable—peeling blue paint, a brass knob that had been polished into a thumbprint. He knocked. A pause. The door cracked and a sliver of candlelit face peered through: eyes like two small moons, mouth half-smile, hair braided with the gray of rainwater. She did not introduce herself. She gestured him in.