Further arrest in enslavement and trafficking case

Date published: 16 December 2014


A 34-year-old man has been arrested today (Tuesday 16 December) on suspicion of conspiracy to require another person to perform forced or compulsory labour and conspiracy to commit trafficking offences.

The arrest follows yesterday raid at a factory on Ings Lane, Rochdale in which three men, aged 51, 43 and 40 were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to require another person to perform forced or compulsory labour and conspiracy to commit trafficking offences.

A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.

Of the 20 people found to have been working in the factory, 13 men and women, all from Slovakia, are now thought to have been victims of the enforced labour and trafficking offences.

The other seven are believed to have been legitimate workers, who were paid a legal wage.

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