A prostitution ring plotted to make up to £50,000 by selling the ‘virginities’ of young girls to wealthy Arabs, it can be revealed tonight.

A 14-year-old girl was used as bait by the gang who sent her photograph and email to a potential customer ahead of an illicit meeting at a central London hotel.

The trafficking ring transported six women aged between 17 and 22 from the North West to the capital last September to provide sexual services.

But they were trapped in a sting operation involving Scotland Yard detectives who exchanged messages with members under the guise of potential punters.

It is understood police began investigating the gang after they left a letter at one hotel offering their services which was passed to officers by a concerned employee.

Details of the conspiracy can be revealed after four people from north-west London and Wigan, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to offences at Harrow Crown Court.

Mahrookh Jamali, 41, and Sara Bordbar, 43, both of north-west London, Fatima Haghengal, 24, and Rasoul Gholampour, 30, both of Wigan, admitted the conspiracy.