A 67 year old man and a woman has been arrested in London, over allegations of 'slavery'. They kept three women as 'slaves' for 30 years.Three women, were 'rescued' on the 25th of October by the police following a lead from a woman who called Freedom Charity saying she had been held against her will for years. The Charity then contacted the police.
One of the women made a call to Freedom Charity after watching a television documentary on forced marriages.
According to police the three women are a 69 year old Malaysian, an Irish woman, 57, and a 30 year old British woman.
Deputy Inspector Kevin Hyland, from the Metropolitan Police's Human Trafficking Unit, said: "We have seen some cases when people have been held for 10 years, but we have never seen anything of this magnitude before."
The women are now in a safe place.
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