BROTHEL-KEEPER JAILED FOR NINE YEARS

A MAN who rented out properties across rural Ireland under false pretences and used them as brothels has been jailed for nine years.

- BY ISABEL HAYES and SONYA MCLEAN

Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro (54) was arrested when he returned from his native Brazil after some time abroad, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Ribeiro, of Rua Nely Augusta Gomes, Goais, Brazil, had been under investigation after a number of rental properties being used as brothels around the country were linked to him, along with nearly €800,000 in proceeds of crime across multiple Irish bank accounts.