11 women and child rescued as police swoop on brothels
Eleven women have been rescued from brothels and eight arrests have been made after 17 properties in the UK were raided as part of a human-trafficking investigation.
The 11 women, from Hungary and Romania, were offered support through the national referral mechanism for victims of modern slavery after the raids in Luton on Tuesday evening.
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