Sleaze a regular in Brazil’s sex bars

Sleazy David Archer was a regular in Rio de Janeiro’s tourist sex bars where he posed as a businessman.

He is thought to have lived in Brazil for several years and may still own a flat a block from Copacabana beach.

His favourite haunt was Balcony Bar, a notorious venue where US and European tourists targeted young womwomen for sex. The venue was shut down by authoritiesau the day before the 2014 2014W World Cup kick kicked off in a bibid to shed the city’s vic vice hot-spot rep reputation.

A source said: “One of Archer’s companies, which was a front for his brothel business in London, gives his address as an apartment in Rio. It’s a very nice street.

“The apartment is beside Copacabana Beach and he was previously living at another flat nearby.

“He was a wellknown face in the Balcony Bar.

“Brazilian women are often victims of trafficking into the UK. It’s possible that he was tapping into that market.”

While living in Brazil around 2011, Archer set up a property company.

UK investigators will want to establish whether he has any cash or assets in Brazil and whether they can be recovered using proceeds of crime laws.

His properties in Dublin have been targeted for seizure as Ireland was one of the first countries to pass a proceeds of crime law.