Dozens of young eastern European women are being lured west with promises of jobs. But we have learned that they end up working in the sex industry, Many of them are alleged to come west on work visas issued in Ireland. An incredible 1,150 Latvians have been issued with permits in the last 12 months - more than 10 per cent of the entire total number issued. And now questions are being asked about where they end up, as the government is unable to monitor them after they arrive in Ireland. The Irish Sunday Mirror has learned that immigration officials have raised questions about the large numbers coming in from various countries, including Latvia.
Questions have to be asked.
It is thought a sophisticated forgery operation swings into operation once an Irish employer signs up just one employee. One major figure involved in Ireland's vice trade confirmed that a number of Latvian and Lithuanian girls had passed through Dublin. From Dublin, the sex trafficker uses the free movement between the South and Britain to fill the demand for vice girls in London, Birmingham and Manchester. Once in the UK, the girl is an illegal immigrant and the pimp uses this to keep her under his control.