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Stelian Ciuciu (32) posed as part of a couple with another woman, who was working as an escort, to rent properties from unsuspecting landlords, which he then advertised to escorts for their use

A man who organised prostitution across Dublin by leasing out eight properties to be used as brothels has been jailed for eight years.

Stelian Ciuciu (32) posed as part of a couple with another woman, who was working as an escort, to rent properties from unsuspecting landlords, which he then advertised to escorts for their use. He laundered about €320,000 in the process Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Ciuciu used a WhatsApp group containing about 450 members to advertise the properties to escorts and was heavily engaged in the day-to-day upkeep of the premises, as well as regularly advising the escorts to maintain discretion and not draw attention to themselves, Detective Garda Colm Grogan of the Organised Prostitution Investigation Unit said.

The most serious of these offences – enhancing the ability of a criminal organisation – carries a maximum sentence of 15 years, while the remaining offences carry maximum terms of between five and 14 years, the court heard. Ciuciu has no previous convictions.

Sentencing Ciuciu today, Judge Martin Nolan said he was involved in this organised and “pretty sophisticated” prostitution scheme and his principal role was to rent out the properties, which the prostitutes then used “for their occupation”. Judge Nolan acknowledged that Ciuciu entered a plea late in the prosecution of the case but said this was a “very valuable plea” as the trial would have been a complicated and lengthy one involving many witnesses.