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Romanian-Led Dundee Grooming Gang Jailed for Rapes and Trafficking After Six-Week Trial

The sentences follow a six-week Operation Recloir trial exposing drug-fuelled coercion of trafficked women in Dundee.

Overview

  • Five defendants — four men and one woman — were jailed for raping and sexually abusing 10 women in flats across Dundee.
  • Victims aged 16 to 30 were plied with alcohol and Class A drugs, with coercion used to force sex and, in one case, prostitution.
  • Ringleader Marian Cumpanasoiu and his associates were convicted of multiple sexual offences, human trafficking, brothel-keeping and related crimes.
  • Judge Lord Scott condemned an appalling catalogue of rape and exploitation of extremely vulnerable young women in his sentencing remarks.
  • Police Scotland said Operation Recloir uncovered the network, with three offenders traced overseas and extradited from Belgium and the Czech Republic.