Moldovan law-enforcers have dismantled two transnational gangs, whose members trafficked Moldovan girls to the United Arab Emirates and Greece.

The first gang was managed by a 38-year-old Azerbaijani living in Dubai, who had as accomplices two Moldovan women aged 21 and 27. They recruited women aged 18 - 28 and compelled them to provide sexual services for free two months.

In case they refused they were sold off to other panderers for EUR2,000 – 3,000.

The pimps were caught as they tried to accompany three women via the Odesa airport to Dubai. Seven other girls sexually exploited by the gang have also been identified.

The Moldovan law-enforcers also dismantled a similar gang trafficking young women to Athens. Six members – a Romanian man, a Moldovan woman and four Greek men – were arrested in Greece.

8 young Moldovan women exploited by this gang have been identified and freed from slavery.

The suspects now face jail terms of up to 10 years.