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British police have arrested a couple
on suspicion of holding three women
captive for more than 30 years,
Scotland Yard announced Thursday.
Officers from the Human Trafficking
Unit arrested the man and woman,
both 67, at their south
London home as part of an
investigation into slavery and
domestic servitude, the Metropolitan
Police said. They are in custody.
The “highly traumatized” victims — a
69-year-old Malaysian woman, 57-
year-old Irish woman and 30-year-
old Briton — have been taken to a
place of safety, the Metropolitan
Police said in a statement.
Police said that they had been
alerted in October to the situation
by Freedom Charity, which had
received a phone call from a woman
saying “she had been held against
her will in a house in London for
more than 30 years.”
“We applaud the actions of Freedom
Charity and are working in
partnership to support these victims
who appear to have been held for
over 30 years.
“We have launched an extensive
investigation to establish the facts
surrounding these very serious
allegations,” Detective Inspector
Kevin Hyland said.
A television documentary on forced
marriages relating to the work of
Freedom Charity was the catalyst
that prompted one of the victims to
call for help and led to their rescue.
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