SoHopeless
Albanian organised crime dominates prostitution in Soho
“I'VE seen girls with bruises, they come in with stitches, black eyes, you name it,” the pimp says. He points out the dull redbrick block of flats, round the back of Piccadilly Circus in central London, where he claims prostitution organised by Albanian gangs is based. He claims the sex workers, brought into the country illegally, have to pay the men who control them £420 a night. If they don't make the money, they face physical abuse.
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From the June 23rd 2001 edition
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