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A family of human traffickers who forced vulnerable women into prostitution have been convicted of people smuggling and sexual exploitation. The Hungarian family's sickening trade was only uncovered when a terrified victim escaped their clutches and was found in the toilets of City Airport begging to go home. "No going back now" Head of the operation and father Istvan Kalocsai, 43, along with his two sons drove the young girl across the continent promising her a job in the UK. But soon into the long journey they told the girl "there was no going back now" and she was "sold" to lorry drivers. Mother taught her to "walk like a working girl" Once in the UK the victim, who was unable to speak English, was taken to the Kalocsai family home where she was bought mini skirts and taught how to 'walk like a working girl' by the family mother. The sons would go out with the victim and negotiate fees with the clients before she would either take them back to a hotel address in Barking or a local park. Beaten and abused For two months her and another girl were physically assaulted by the father and mother and told that she had to earn £200 a day. Initially she was kept prisoner in the Barking pimp house - but after police stopped her on suspicion of prostitution, the family members accompanied her less often. It was then she made her desperate escape.
The convictions
Yesterday the father, Istvan Kalocsai, 43, was found guilty of trafficking both women into the UK for sexual exploitation. His wife, Istvanne Kalocsai, 40 was found guilty of controlling prostitution for two women. Their son, Istvan Kalocsai, 20, was found guilty of trafficking one woman into the UK for sexual exploitation and controlling both women's prostitution. The third son, Gabor Kalocsai, 22, is on the run and thought to be in Hungry. Detective Constable Mark Simpson from the Met's Human Trafficking Team called the family of pimps "cruel" and they had "failed to honour any of her basic human rights". All three, of Barking, Essex, pleaded not guilty to all charges. Sentencing will take place on 11 May.
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