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Gang Offered Underage Girls For Up To £150k
Three women and a man face jail for trying to sell the virginity of young girls to wealthy Arab businessmen for up to £150,000.
Fatima Hagnegat, Mahrookh Jamali and Rasoul Gholampour
The gang, who were arrested 12 months ago and yesterday pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court, told undercover officers they could provide girls from Iran, England and Eastern Europe.
They offered girls aged between 14 and 20 for sex, some of whom could be "broken" by the client.
The Metropolitan Police learned of the plot after the gang had offered their services in a handwritten letter to the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel in Knightsbridge, central London.
Posing as a potential client, an officer arranged a meeting with Mahrookh Jamali, a 41-year-old mother-of-four, at another London hotel.
Jamali promised up to five girls, including two 13-year-olds
Dozens of emails were exchanged over the next fortnight, including attached pictures of a 14-year-old girl.
A second meeting was arranged and Jamali said she would bring up to five girls to London, including two 13-year-olds, and expected between £50,000 and £150,000 for each girl.
The next day, September 30 last year, Jamali went to the hotel accompanied by Fatima Hagnegat, 24, who had travelled from her home in Wigan, Lancashire, with six girls, two of whom were aged 14 and 17.
The pair were arrested by police and the victims said they were driven down to earn money "dancing" for a party of rich men.
Hagnegat was arrested along with Jamali
They only found out they may be asked to have sex with the men when they arrived.
Police searched Hagnegat's home and arrested her husband Rasoul Gholampour, 30.
A 43-year-old woman, who owned the London flat to be used as a base, was also arrested. She cannot be named for legal reasons.
Jamali, Hagnegat, Gholampour and the unnamed woman 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.
The three women defendants also admitted conspiracy to incite prostitution for gain between the same dates at Harrow Crown Court.
Gholampour was arrested after his and wife Hagnegat's home was searched
Prosecutor Bill McGivern said the 14-year-old girl used as bait was an "aggravating factor" of the case.
But he said there was no evidence she was to be used as a prostitute.
Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Martin said: "It is thanks to diligence of the hotel staff in the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel that this ruthless gang was caught.
"This case highlights the fact that trafficking is not just a crime that involves foreign nationals being brought in the UK.
"It is something that happens within the UK as well."
The four were expected to be sentenced today.
Three women and a man face jail for trying to sell the virginity of young girls to wealthy Arab businessmen for up to £150,000.
Fatima Hagnegat, Mahrookh Jamali and Rasoul Gholampour
The gang, who were arrested 12 months ago and yesterday pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court, told undercover officers they could provide girls from Iran, England and Eastern Europe.
They offered girls aged between 14 and 20 for sex, some of whom could be "broken" by the client.
The Metropolitan Police learned of the plot after the gang had offered their services in a handwritten letter to the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel in Knightsbridge, central London.
Posing as a potential client, an officer arranged a meeting with Mahrookh Jamali, a 41-year-old mother-of-four, at another London hotel.
Jamali promised up to five girls, including two 13-year-olds
Dozens of emails were exchanged over the next fortnight, including attached pictures of a 14-year-old girl.
A second meeting was arranged and Jamali said she would bring up to five girls to London, including two 13-year-olds, and expected between £50,000 and £150,000 for each girl.
The next day, September 30 last year, Jamali went to the hotel accompanied by Fatima Hagnegat, 24, who had travelled from her home in Wigan, Lancashire, with six girls, two of whom were aged 14 and 17.
The pair were arrested by police and the victims said they were driven down to earn money "dancing" for a party of rich men.
Hagnegat was arrested along with Jamali
They only found out they may be asked to have sex with the men when they arrived.
Police searched Hagnegat's home and arrested her husband Rasoul Gholampour, 30.
A 43-year-old woman, who owned the London flat to be used as a base, was also arrested. She cannot be named for legal reasons.
Jamali, Hagnegat, Gholampour and the unnamed woman 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.
The three women defendants also admitted conspiracy to incite prostitution for gain between the same dates at Harrow Crown Court.
Gholampour was arrested after his and wife Hagnegat's home was searched
Prosecutor Bill McGivern said the 14-year-old girl used as bait was an "aggravating factor" of the case.
But he said there was no evidence she was to be used as a prostitute.
Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Martin said: "It is thanks to diligence of the hotel staff in the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel that this ruthless gang was caught.
"This case highlights the fact that trafficking is not just a crime that involves foreign nationals being brought in the UK.
"It is something that happens within the UK as well."
The four were expected to be sentenced today.
