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Vile pimps who collected women from Birmingham Airport and set them up as sex workers will have their cars sold to pay back a fraction of the crooked cash they made.

Geza Horvath and Daniel Zemencsik made almost £400,000 running a prostitution racket in the Midlands.

The pair trafficked sex workers from Europe to work in “squalid” brothels in Derby, DerbyshireLive reports.

The pair advertised online for sex workers to come to the UK from their home country.

They then arranged flights, picked them up from airports and place them in “unkempt and stinky” rented properties before taking half their earnings.

In March, the pair - both from Hungary - were jailed for a total of eight years and two months at Derby Crown Court.

But a new hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act heard how police financial investigators concluded each of them made more than £180,000 from their offending.

Robert Underwood, prosecuting, said: “In the case of Geza Horvath his benefit figures was £183,950.43 and the available amount he has, which the police have in their possession, is £4,115.20.

“There is also a BMW car, also in the possession of the police, and that is going to be sold.

“Daniel Zemencsik’s benefit figure is £181,531.74 and his available amount is £1,696.52 and a VW Passat car which is also going to be sold.”

The Proceeds of Crime Act allows the police to apply for cash to be seized from criminals who have made their money from ill-gotten gains.

It is typically used after drug dealers have been sentenced and can see criminals forced to sell properties, cars or jewellery that belongs to them to pay the cash back.

The money that is seized is split 50-50 between the police and the Government and is often used to fund community projects.

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At their sentencing hearing in March, the court heard how during the year the conspiracy ran, between May 2017 and April 2018, the pair spent £15,000 on online advertising the girl’s sexual services which were operated from a house in Violet Street, Normanton, and a flat in Uttoxeter New Road.

While Horvath ran the business from a property in Hawkins Lane, Burton, Zemencsik collected the money in envelopes left by the prostitutes and carried out the day-to-day maintenance at the Derby addresses.

Jailing Horvath, 33, of Borough Road, Burton for five years and Zemencsik, 28, of Uttoxeter New Road, for three years and two months, Judge Jonathan Bennett said: “It was a conspiracy and each person played their role over a period of time.

“You, Mr Horvath, played a senior role, overseeing the operation, running the office, renting the properties and advertising the girls.

“You, Mr Zemencsik had an essential role transporting the women and looking after the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the properties.

“The condition (of the properties) was so bad, described as ‘squalid’ that the women did not stay long and the turnover was high.”

The conspiracy ran from May 2017 and April 2018.

Horvath, a former University of Derby student, rented the properties and advertised on a Hungarian website for prostitutes to come and work in Derby.

Zemencsik would collect women from airports including East Midlands, Birmingham and Luton and they would be set up as sex workers in the properties.

Prosecutor Nadia Silver said: “The turnover of women was high and some complained of the squalid conditions with the hot water or heating sometimes not working.

“In a statement one woman described the Uttoxeter New Road flat as unkempt and stinky.”

Horvath and Zemencsik both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to facilitate the travel of others with a view to exploitation.

Roger Wilson, who represented both men at this week’s POCA hearing said they are due to be deported back to Hungary when their prison sentences are complete.