Nine Suspected Slavery Victims Rescued From British Scallop Trawlers
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Guardian] by Felicity Lawrence and Ella McSweeney - December 14, 2017
Nine African and Asian crew members working on a pair of British scallop trawlers were taken to a place of safety by police last week as suspected victims of modern slavery.
The men, who were reported to be from Ghana, India and Sri Lanka, were identified when one of the trawlers came in to Portsmouth harbour last Thursday because a crew member had suffered a head injury, the Guardian has learned.
Five non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals were said to have been found on the vessel and referred by police to the National Crime Agency’s mechanism for investigating human ...
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