Gang guilty of trafficking women to work in brothel flats

He said Qin Huang was involved in the “daily management” of the women and the sex-for-sale properties and also helped organise the online adverts.

Guolei Huang was a “minder” while Xiao Min had a “supervisor” role in the renting of the properties.

In February 2020, police learned a flat in Glasgow’s Dennistoun was being run as what was described as a “Chinese brothel”.

Officers carried out a raid months later and Guolei Huang was there along with one of the trafficked women.

“It had been equipped and set up for the provision of sexual services,” said Mr Farrell.

“This included having a bed with towels on it and a side table with condoms, wipes and baby oil on display.”

Three more brothels was discovered in the city’s Garnethill, Dennistoun and Port Dundas areas and another one was found in Edinburgh’s Old Town.

In May 2021, it was then found that Qin Huang was operating from a new premises for “sexual exploitation” in Glasgow’s Townhead.

Another sex-for-sale flat was discovered in Kelvinbridge.

The court heard of five women who were brought to the UK by the gang.

Two were in debt in China, another was “recruited” after having been approached in a casino.

A fourth woman had her passport taken from her before being helped to “establish” herself as a sex worker.

And a fifth woman said she arrived in England in 2019 and had been working “illegally” there before being “recommended” to travel to Scotland.