The head of an organised crime gang who ran an international prostitution ring from Pembrokeshire has been ordered to hand over almost £2million of criminal profits.

SOCA, the Serious Organised Crime Agency, was granted a Confiscation Order for £1,902,496 in Cardiff Crown Court against Thomas Carroll from Carlow, after His Honour Judge Bidder QC ruled his assets, including properties in Wales and South Africa, were purchased with the proceeds of crime.

Carroll is already serving a seven year prison sentence, and will face another 10 years if he fails to meet the order.

HHJ Bidder QC said: "This defendant has shown that he is prepared to squirrel away in properties abroad the proceeds of his prostitution business. He is a convicted money launderer. He is determined and astute."

Thomas Carroll, aged 49, ran his business from a rented house in Castlemartin with his partner Shamiela Clark, aged 33 and his 27 year-old daughter Toma Carroll.

One room in the house was a dedicated call centre where they coordinated their clients’ calls.

They could receive up to 300 calls a day for their brothels throughout the UK and Ireland. A Confiscation Order was granted against Shamiela Clark at Cardiff Crown Court for £360,000 in September.

If she does not pay within six months she will serve a further three years in prison.