A forced labor case from 2024 in Manchester, United Kingdom. 1 source on file.
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Romanian nationals trafficked for forced labor in car washes and construction. Housed in overcrowded squalid accommodation. Accused: Romanian organized crime network.
Greater Manchester Police modern slavery operation. Gang convicted under Modern Slavery Act 2015. British Red Cross trafficking support.
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Three Vietnamese nationals were found working at a large cannabis farm in an industrial unit in Stroud and were identified as suspected victims of modern slavery. The case formed part of a wider investigation into an organized criminal network that trafficked migrants around the UK and forced them to work in cannabis farms. Victims were subjected to debt bondage, controlled movements, degrading living conditions, violence and threats. Accused: Vietnamese organized crime network (snakeheads).
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Reported 2 August 2010: Nine men convicted at Manchester Crown Court in connection with the abuse were: Aftab Khan, 31, of Tarporley Avenue, Fallowfield pleaded guilty to one count of controlling a child prostitute and one count of sexual activity with a child. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. This was later reduced to seven years on appeal Abid Khaliq, 30, of Shrewsbury Street, Stretford was sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting perverting the course of justice Noorzai Ahmed, 29, of Royce Court, Hulme was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of paying for the sexual services of a child Mohammed Anwar Safi, 29, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 31 months in prison after admitting paying for the sexual services of a child Mohammed Khan, 26, of Royce Court, Hulme was sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of facilitating child prostitution Najibullah Safi, 33, of Reabrook Avenue, West Gorton was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to sexual activity with a child Asad Yousaf Hassa, 28, of Rivington Street, Rochdale was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting two counts of sexual activity with a child Mohammed Basharat, 28, of Prospect Street, Rochdale was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child under 16 Mohammed Atif, 29, of Rivington Street, Rochdale was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to sexual activity with a child
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The perpetrator was arrested and the victims were released, after one of the victims had escaped and reported to local authorities. In a news report, one of the victims makes a statement that she had previously not known of help in the police, and she now encourages other women who are in similar circumstances for hope in turning to the police.