A photo of a woman in a low-cut dress posing on Merrion Street at the Department of An Taoiseach currently features on a notorious website
A photo of a woman in a low-cut dress with a coat over her shoulders posing on Merrion Street at the Department of An Taoiseach currently features on a notorious website.
It is accompanied by other photographs taken indoors in which she is wearing far more revealing outfits.
The profile of the advertised prostitute is one of several that appear to be connected to each-other and all claiming to be Brazilian.
Information from the website originally set up by convicted Irish pimp Peter McCormick shows she is part of group that began operating in Dublin in March this year.
The illegal sex-for-sale industry in Ireland is controlled by criminal gangs from different ethic and foreign backgrounds including Irish.
The woman called Mariana is advertised as working from an address at St Stephen’s Green close various government departments as well as the Oireachtas.
Her rates for various sexual services on offer are not specified but are available on request by contacting the advertised number.
Her advert reads: “Hello dear, contact your passionate girl by WhatsApp, I just arrived here to make your fantasies become true, I am lot of sensual techniques that will make every moment of your stay unforgettable, joyful and very special – You will be pleased”.
“I offer, passionate in different positions and may times, shower…. Only protected. Every day possible Lets enjoy it together!”
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Its added at the end of the profile: “I don’t have a specific preference for clients, I like affectionate, loving men, because I like to have special moments, where it will be an unforgettable experience, I like to pay a lot of attention to you, in the things you like to talk about, spend my time with you.”
The photo will be a source of embarrassment for the government which has consistently failed to reach the Tier 1 classification when it comes to tackling people-trafficking in the State.
The classification system run by the US State Department looks at the number of criminal convictions under trafficking legislation.
In 2023, 53 victims were formally identified, 28 for sexual exploitation, 16 for labour trafficking, seven forced to carry out crimes and two forced begging victims.
According to the 2024 report, no-one was convicted of trafficking and instead prosecution of these crimes relied on non-trafficking laws that may have resulted in lower penalties.
Ireland has never convicted anyone for labour trafficking under anti-trafficking law, according to the European Migration Network, although there is at least one significant case currently before the courts.
In 2023, the garda Human Trafficking Investigation and Coordination Unit reported opening 53 new investigations, an increase compared with 39 investigations in 2022 and 44 in 2021.
The Sunday World previously highlighted how, despite their claims, no checks are carried out by the prostitution website to ensure photos and details are not posted against a person’s will.
While advertising prostitution is legal in Ireland the website is operated from outside the jurisdiction and takes a share of the estimated €185 million generated by the sex-trade in Ireland.
Last year the Sunday World revealed how a suspected South American crime gang wee openly running a major vice operation from a Dublin town house, organising dozens of women to work as prostitutes.
Over 300 sex-for-sale profiles were linked to the group which advertised on the same notorious website.
They feature photographs of scantily-clad women appeared online offering various sexual services starting at €100 for 30 minutes.
The photographs were taken at an easily identifiable house in Ranelagh, a Dublin suburb.
The operation’s online activities showed they used various locations around Dublin as well as a smaller number outside the city.
The multi-million euro earning gang also appears able to provide a steady supply of new faces to the Irish vice trade which is dominated in this country by organised crime gangs.
