Three appear in court after INLA crackdown
They face a number of charges - including brothel keeping.
Last updated 16th Apr 2018
The trio appeared before Belfast Magistrates Court this morning.
32 year old Florin Ghita and Teodora-Cristina Musa, aged 22, are both accused of keeping, managing or acting in the management of a brothel between the 1st of October last year and 13th of April this year.
Both have an address at 125 Agincourt Avenue in Belfast.
Brian Gillan, a 60 year old living at 75 Lurgan Road, Glenavy, also faces the same charge.
He’s also accused of possession of Criminal property on the 13th of April this year.
Gillan also faces an accusation of making an unwarranted demand for money with menace between the 7th and 15th of March this year.
Ghita is further accused of transferring criminal property, namely one thousand pounds in cash on the 30th January 2018.
Musa meanwhile faces one more charge of intentionally controlling the activities of 3 women in relation to prostitution.
There were no bail applications with all three set to answer to the court on the last day of this month.
Police have since made a further arrest in connection into the criminal activities of Belfast INLA.
The 34 year old man was arrested in the Belfast area on Monday under the terrorism legislation and remains in police custody at this time.