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.
Via CNN
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