A BRAZILIAN father of two who made more than £150,000 from moving prostitutes between flats in Scotland has been jailed for three years.
Jose Barbosa, 44, has admitted trafficking women and transferring criminal money.
He was witnessed by undercover police travelling between more than a dozen flats in Kirkcaldy, Perth, Stirling, Falkirk, Alva and Dundee.
He used an alias, a Spanish ID card and a fake employers' letter to rent out properties, which he would then sub-let to women who came from Brazil and Ecuador.
Yesterday judge Lord Matthews told Barbosa: "You are a family man with no previous convictions and have pleaded guilty to serious offences involving the exploitation of women resulting in you obtaining a significant amount of money.
"These offences were well organised and while you see yourself as a victim, you are sadly deluded in that regard."
The court heard that the prosecution accepted that Barbosa was not responsible for bringing the women, who ranged in age from 28 to 48, into the country.
Jailing him at the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Matthews added: "It is also accepted these women were not induced or coerced into this activity."
Defence counsel Gail Gianni told the court: "There was no coercion whatsoever with any of these sex workers. What he did was trafficking - transporting these females round the country and living in part on the earnings of prostitutes."Barbosa came to Britain after running up debts of £100,000 in Brazil when a car business failed.
Advocate depute Mark McGuire, prosecuting, said a police probe was sparked by a tip-off in August 2013 that Barbosa, of Kirkcaldy, was involved in organised prostitution.
Police inquiries revealed Barbosa appeared to have no legitimate source of income, but found that £150,852 had gone through bank accounts. He now faces a Proceeds of Crime case to strip him of the money.
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