Albanian pair jailed over sex trafficking

Feb 2 2007

TWO Albanian men living in the UK who trafficked women for prostitution in Birmingham have been jailed and recommended for deportation.

Cardiff Crown Court heard that Erjon Javori, 32, of Adelphi Street, Sheffield, and Arjan Kanani, 22, of Queenwood, Cardiff, were involved in prostituting four Lithuanian women at brothels in Birmingham and Cardiff.

The court heard the women would, out of fear, hand over their earnings of about £400 each a day to the men.

Robert Brown, prosecuting, told the court that the scheme involved picking up women from Gatwick Airport when they arrived in the country and taking them to Birmingham where they were put in hotels with other prostitutes and immediately put to work in the city's brothels.

Javori pleaded guilty to trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation, causing or inciting prostitution for gain, and two counts of controlling prostitution for gain.

He was sentenced to a total of seven years in prison.

Kanani pleaded guilty to two counts of controlling prostitution for gain, trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation, and trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation.

He received a total jail term of five and a half years.