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.