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Brazilian brothel-keeper who was caught with €800k and child abuse material gets nine years
Summary
A 54-year-old Brazilian man has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court following his conviction on multiple charges related to operating a brothel network across rural Ireland. Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro pleaded guilty to 19 sample counts, including brothel-keeping, using false instruments, and possession of proceeds of crime totalling €788,982 across multiple bank accounts. He also admitted possessing child sexual abuse material on his mobile phone when arrested at Dublin Airport in November 2023. The investigation, led by the Garda Human Trafficking and Co-ordination Unit, identified ten rental properties used as brothels in locations including Longford town, Ballyconnell, Ballymahon, Carrick-on-Shannon, and Ballaghadereen. Judge Patricia Ryan noted the offences involved elaborate planning and premeditation. She imposed a global sentence of ten and a half years, suspending the final eighteen months on strict conditions, with the term backdated to his arrest date.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Brazilian brothel-keeper who was caught with €800k and child abuse material gets nine years. Charges or matters: 19 sample counts, including using false instruments, inducing landlords to rent properties to him, brothel-keeping and possession of the proceeds of crime; the possession of child sexual abuse material, known in law as child pornography, on his phone when he was arrested at Dublin Airport on November 16, 2023. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- November 16, 2023 Incident
- November 2023 Incident
- 2010 to 2023 Incident
- 2018 and 2023 Other
- 2021 and 2023 Incident
- 2025-03-26 Publication
Case subjects
Defendant
Charges: 19 sample counts, including using false instruments, inducing landlords to rent properties to him, brothel-keeping and possession of the proceeds of crime; the possession of child sexual abuse material, known in law as child pornography, on his phone when he was arrested at Dublin Airport on November 16, 2023 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Judge Ryan imposed a global sentence of 10 and a half years in prison, which involved consecutive terms. She suspended the final 18 months of the term on strict conditions for three years and backdated the sentence to when Ribeiro first went into custody in November 2023.
Places mentioned
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
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