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Vojtech Gombar, Anil Wagle, Jana Sandorova, and Ratislav Adam were condemned

Four people have been found guilty of human trafficking of Women from Slovakia to Glasgow and force their victims into prostitution and sham marriages.

The Women were transported in flats in the Govanhill area, Between 2011 and 2017, then exploited by the gear.

One of The Victims was sold for £10,000 outside of a store in The City of Argyle Street .

Vojtech Gombar, 61, Anil Wagle, 37, Jana Sandorova, 28, and Ratislav, Adam, 31, denied the charges but were found guilty at The High Court in Glasgow .

next month to be sentenced.

The Police , the operation part of the human trafficking ring in a five-year-synchronized mode, Synapsis, described the crime as "despicable".

Vojtech Gombar was described as the leader of The Gang

"It is a heinous crime," says Detective Inspector Steven McMillan, who led The Investigation .

"It is appalling that people think it is acceptable to buy and sell, have other people as a commodity to no thought to the impact and trauma it is to you. "

He said that the convictions were the culmination of a complex investigation with law enforcement authorities from across the UK and the European agencies such as Europol and Eurojust.

The Police first became aware of the human trafficking and exploitation in 2014, but it took a three-year operation, about 70 officers raided four apartments in the area of Glasgow Govanhill , resulting in the arrest of Gombar, Wagle, Sandorova and Adam.

Gombar, which was described as the leader of The Gang , had Family Ties to the fellow Slovaks Adam and Sandorova.

they are ethnic Roma, and came from The City of Trebisov in Eastern Slovakia, near the border with Ukraine, from where most of The Women are trafficked.

Wagle from Nepal, became involved because he wanted to buy a bride.

in the course of The Investigation , The Police had helped More Than a dozen alleged victims Between the ages of 18 and 25, in security.

Women were abducted, of Trebisov in The East of Slovakia

The Women were trafficked, in the UK, usually by bus and car, after being promised a better life and work.

But when they arrived, they were sold for Between £3,000 and £10,000 as part of a sham Marriage scheme.

The buyers were mostly men from Pakistan, the wanted, EU-citizenship, so you could live and work in Europe, and The Women wanted as their wives.

Some of The Victims were prostitutes, while others were abused by The Men that you have bought.

The Police found that The Women were kept in "safe houses" in places including Manchester and Yorkshire, before in Govanhill .

Marriage records showed Slovak Women married to Pakistani men

TÜV McMillan Det said, The Women had taken their identity documents from them and their movements controlled.

"Some of them suffered abuse, were you forced into Sexual Exploitation against being forced into sham marriages," he said.

While the case before the court, a 28-year-old woman from Slovakia said that she had thought that she and her sister leave for jobs in London, but they ended up in a flat in Govanhill with no job and no money.

She Said , she was forced to marry The Son of a Pakistani man who has chosen you.

Another Woman said in court, she was brought from her home town of Trebisov, if you have four or five months pregnant, "for a better life".

she was handed over to a Nepali Man Outside Primark in Argyle Street in 2014 for 10,000 pounds.

The Woman also claimed to sleep before they are sold, she was, with Pakistani men for money, and described this as a "hitch".

Some of The Victims lived in A House belonging to a Gombar relatives in Michalovce

The court also heard how a woman managed to escape and ran to a nearby store, where they gave The Alarm .

The Woman spoke no English and the store owner could not understand, but a beat COP managed to translate with The Help of two Young Girls who lived in the vicinity.

The policeman said that the Woman Wanted to papers, your passport, and went with her to the apartment to pick them up.

The Police Officer told the court: "We have a phone number for her sister in London, and it was then we realized they had allegedly been victims of human trafficking to Glasgow "

Det TÜV McMillan, said all The Victims were Women , most of whom are now back in Slovakia, were severely traumatised by what happened to you, what additional complications for The Investigation .

He said: "It is unbelievable, in This Day and age, but, Yes, The Women were sold as commodities in Glasgow . "

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Source of news: bbc.com