Baku-APA. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it has rescued 20 potential victims of human trafficking, APA reports quoting Press TV.
The PSNI made the announcement on Monday, saying the potential victims were rescued from two separate locations in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
All twenty of the victims were Romanian nationals, 14 men and six women, ranged in age from 20 to 48.
Three men, aged 23, 27 and 31, were also arrested in relation to the police operation which started last Wednesday.
They are currently being held on suspicion of human trafficking, forced labor and slavery and money laundering.
Three vehicles were seized and two properties were also searched by the police during the operation.
A statement released by the PSNI on Monday said, “Additional translators have been flown to Northern Ireland from England to cope with the number of victims involved and the volume of information which needs to be processed.”
According to the Human Trafficking Foundation charity, around 20,000 people are working in slavery in the UK.
On Saturday, a group of 35 immigrants were found after Tilbury port authorities heard banging and screaming coming from a container while unloading a P&O commercial ferry called the Norstream from Zeebrugge in Belgium.
An international investigation was launched after one of the men was found dead when rescuers opened the container.
According to the British Freight Transport Association, it is not usual to find stowaways in freight containers because in most cases people attempt to enter the UK by truck.
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