The head of a multi-national gang who made millions of pounds by forcing terrified foreign teenagers to become prostitutes was jailed today after police carried out a three-month covert operation.
During the surveillance officers realised that they were, unusually, dealing with a gang made up of criminals from different countries working together to control the sale of drugs, the girls and the brothels where they were forced to work.
Lithuanian criminals would force the women to come to this country, as well as bringing in drugs, and then sell the girls on to Albanians or Chinese gangs who would also take control of drugs including cocaine.
A senior officer involved in the operation told Times Online that it was the first time he had seen