The journalist, Peter de Vries, reported later
in 2008 that he had documented
van der Sloot recruiting Thai women
in Bangkok for sex work
in the Netherlands.
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Associated Press writers Eva Vergara in Santiago, Chile, Carla Salazar in Lima, Kendall Weaver in Montgomery, Alabama, Michael Warren in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Michael Melia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, contributed to this report.