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Sex Trafficking in Plymouth (2009)

A sex trafficking case from 2009 in Plymouth, United Kingdom.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

The police were tipped off and then launched an undercover investigation. This led to them getting three warrants, and so they simultaneously executed Operation Hinton, raiding the properties on September 30, 2009. During the mission, police were accompanied by three interpreters. The police arrested the perpetrators and freed the victims, treating them as witnesses.

Response and intervention

Somebody tipped off the police, who then went undercover. The police then raided the properties on warrants, arrested the three perpetrators, and rescued two victims. The victims will be treated as witnesses. The victims were two females allegedly trafficked from Poland. They are being treated as victims and as witnesses. They were emancipated by the Plymouth Police. Unknown.

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Cote d'Ivoire, United Kingdom, 2009

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Bearwood, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2005

United Kingdom GB

Carl Pritchett owned Cuddles Massage Parlous in Bearwood, and ran the establishment with two associates: Susan Richards, who managed the brothel, and Nathan Langston, who worked maintenance. The victims were held at a nearby house during the day, and taken to Cuddles each evening. The massage parlor is located on Hagley Road, near the center of Birmingham. The victims had their passports and other travel documents taken from them. Cuddles had 12 rooms, an electric fence at the back of the building, and several of the windows were boarded.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016