FOUR people have gone on trial accused of trafficking women into Glasgow for prostitution and slavery.

Three men and a woman are alleged to have brought more than a dozen women from Slovakia and held them in "slavery or servitude".

Vojtech Gombar, 61, Anil Wagle, 37, Jana Sandorova, 28,and Ratislav Adam, 31, deny the charges against them at the High Court in Glasgow.

All four, who live at various addresses in Govanhill, have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them.

Centring around addresses in Govanhill, it is alleged that between 2011 and 2017 the four conspired "to commit crime of trafficking people for exploitation and trafficking in prostitution."

Gombar, Sandorova and Adam are also face charges of forcing women to work as prostitutes and managing a brothel.

Prosecutors say one woman was threatened with homelessness if she did not comply with working as a prostitute.

It is alleged that the woman's identity documents were taken from her, she was forced to work excessive hours, forced to work where she lived, and deprived of money.

Another woman was, the charges say, threatened with violence.

There are 13 women named as alleged victims of the group and others “meantime to the prosecutor unknown”.

The accusations are said to have been “aggravated by a connection with serious and organised crime”.

Lord Becket told jurors, who were picked today, that the trial is expected to last for between four and 10 weeks

Much of the evidence will be led from witnesses who are in Slovakia and so the court is reliant on video links.

The trial continues.