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Pair jailed for trafficking women | Pair jailed for trafficking women |
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A couple have been jailed after admitting bringing women into the UK to work as prostitutes. | A couple have been jailed after admitting bringing women into the UK to work as prostitutes. |
Kinga Andrea Borcsok, 28, and Atilla Makai, 22, both from Hungary, were caught following a raid on the Cuddles Massage Parlour in Birmingham. | Kinga Andrea Borcsok, 28, and Atilla Makai, 22, both from Hungary, were caught following a raid on the Cuddles Massage Parlour in Birmingham. |
The pair, who both admitted conspiracy to traffic humans for the purposes of prostitution, recruited the women through a Hungarian website. | The pair, who both admitted conspiracy to traffic humans for the purposes of prostitution, recruited the women through a Hungarian website. |
Borcsok was jailed for 28 months and Makai for 40 months. | Borcsok was jailed for 28 months and Makai for 40 months. |
'Sexual control' | 'Sexual control' |
Wolverhampton Crown Court heard women would send their personal details to Borcsok, who went under the name Lilly, via e-mail. | Wolverhampton Crown Court heard women would send their personal details to Borcsok, who went under the name Lilly, via e-mail. |
She would tell them to buy a one-way ticket to England where they would be met by Makai, who would hand them over to men involved in prostitution. | She would tell them to buy a one-way ticket to England where they would be met by Makai, who would hand them over to men involved in prostitution. |
The pair were arrested after a raid at Cuddles Massage Parlour | The pair were arrested after a raid at Cuddles Massage Parlour |
"For that he would receive a substantial finder fee in the region of £3,000 a time," said Simon Drew, prosecuting. | "For that he would receive a substantial finder fee in the region of £3,000 a time," said Simon Drew, prosecuting. |
One of the girls was twice raped by a man to whom Makai sold her and ended up working at Cuddles in Hagley Road. | |
Judge Nicholas Webb, sentencing the pair, said: "It is organised crime and it is based on a calculated and deliberate act involving the sexual control and exploitation of women in a country that is foreign to them." | Judge Nicholas Webb, sentencing the pair, said: "It is organised crime and it is based on a calculated and deliberate act involving the sexual control and exploitation of women in a country that is foreign to them." |
Jas Mann, defending Borcsok, a former nanny, said she did not know the girls were sent to work as prostitutes; instead she believed they worked for an escort agency. | Jas Mann, defending Borcsok, a former nanny, said she did not know the girls were sent to work as prostitutes; instead she believed they worked for an escort agency. |
Rupert Bowers, defending Makai, said his client acted only as a 'meeter and greeter' at the airport and was not involved in prostitution. | Rupert Bowers, defending Makai, said his client acted only as a 'meeter and greeter' at the airport and was not involved in prostitution. |
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