Human Traffickers Guilty



Bogdan 'Uncle' Nejloveanu and Marius 'Mario' Nejloveanu
(Manchester, England) A father and son team, Bogdan and Marius Nejloveanu, has been convicted in Manchester Crown Court of running a human trafficking operation where Romanian women were taken to the UK with promises of jobs and forced into prostitution.

Bogdan, 51, and his son Marius, 23, targeted the women, all Romanians aged between 19 and 27, because they were young or vulnerable. Marius raped most of the women himself, beat and threatened them with a knife if they refused to co-operate, while the father gave his son practical help and advice so he could set up his own prostitutes business.

The victims were forced to work six or seven days a week, sometimes having sex with as many as eight or 10 men a night. It is estimated that every 'client' paid the girls about £40 - half of which went to Marius or his father and the other half to the brothels where they worked in Manchester.

The women were rescued after a tip-off to police, who tracked down the father and son.

Also convicted was brothel 'receptionist' Juanita Huntington, 51. The three will be sentenced on January 26.