Man to face Belfast Magistrates’ Court accused of running prostitution racket

A 55 year old man has been charged with controlling prostitution for gain and trafficking within the UK for purposes of exploitation.

He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court this morning, Thursday 24 January.

As is normal procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the PPS.

The suspect was arrested on Monday of this week in London.

He was later flown back to Belfast for questioning by detectives from the PSNI’s Modern Slavery Human Trafficking Unit.