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Hi Somebum
The link works for me, just tried it, noticed it was a bit slow thou.
But I will post the rest of the article for you:
Defendants Mahrookh Jamali, 41, of West End Lane, Kilburn, north London; Sara Bordbar, of Finchley Road, north London; and husband and wife Fatima Hagnegat, 24, and Rasoul Gholampour, 30, of Redbrook Road, Wigan, pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic six women aged between 17 and 22 from the North West to London between July and October last year for sexual exploitation.
Ringleader and mother-of-four Jamali was jailed for two years and nine months; Hagnegat, described as the "recruiting sergeant", was jailed for two years and six months; Bordbar was jailed for two years and three months, and Gholampour was jailed for two years and nine months.
Harrow Crown Court was told that the gang aimed to arrange a party at which young women could accept offers of sex for cash from businessmen.
The gang members left wrote a letter to Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, the owner of the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel in Knightsbridge, central London, offering their services last August.
The note was passed on by staff to police, who launched a sting operation.
The gang sent officers emails with pictures of the girls posing provacatively, including a shot of a 14-year-old.
The gang members were arrested after they turned up at a hotel for a dancing and sex party with six scantily-clad girls aged between 14 and 22 from England, Poland and Iran.
Judge Alan Greenwood told Harrow Crown Court the gang were "motivated by greed". "Trafficking of persons for sexual exploitation is always serious," he said.
"In this case it involved a money-making operation based on the exploitation and corruption of vulnerable young women."
The three women defendants, Jamali, Hagnegat and Bordbar, also admitted conspiracy to incite prostitution for gain between the same dates.
The judge ordered the charge to lie on file for Gholampour. A third charge of conspiracy to arrange the prostitution of children will lie on the files of all four.
The court heard that Iranians Jamali and Hagnegat were seeking asylum in Britain. Gholampour remained in Britain illegally as he has no right to remain. Bordbar is British.
Speaking after the case, Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Martin said: "I think the sentence reflects how serious the judge decided this was in his summing up.
"He said trafficking was always exploitation, particularly when you are dealing with vulnerable young women when it is intimated they will be giving sexual services."
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