A HANWELL couple who trafficked young women into the country from Hungary and forced them to work as prostitutes were today (22) found guilty at Isleworth Crown Court.

Karl Ring, 34,and Ivett Szuda, 32, of Elthorne Avenue, were convicted of human trafficking, controlling prostitution for gain and money laundering. Sentencing will follow.

Detectives from the Met’s Modern Slavery and Kidnap Unit launched an operation in 2017 following an allegation from a woman who said she was tricked by Szuda into travelling to the UK from Hungary.

Victims told the court how Szuda would provide them with cocaine.

They were controlled and subjected to sexual exploitation at a flat near Sloane Square.

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The women were sexually exploited and had to hand half of what they earned to Ring and Szuda.

The pair had been renting the flat since April 2014 and ran two agencies offering escorts, webcam chat and sex.

A financial investigator assigned to the case discovered an account belonging to them was credited with nearly £500,000 between September 2010 and February 2017, despite neither having a legitimate income.

Det Insp Rick Sewart said: “The unit takes all reports of modern slavery and sexual offences extremely seriously and is committed to prosecuting those who engage in this pernicious crime.

"I would encourage anyone who has suffered from these kind of offences to report them to police.”