An organised crime group who trafficked women from Eastern Europe to exploit as sex workers across the South West and beyond have been sentenced following a prosecution by the South West Complex Casework Unit.
The group’s ringleader, Maciej Kozlowski, 52, of Gloucester, was also convicted of raping a woman who the group later exploited at their network of brothels.
Prosecutors used evidence to show that Kozlowski, who went under various aliases, led the trafficking operation with Piotr Lebek, 57, of Gloucester, as his main accomplice.