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Police rescue 19 women from Birmingham brothel

 

September 30, 2005

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Police rescued 19 women they believe were being forced into prostitution by a human trafficking gang, West Midlands Police said on Friday.

 

The women came from a number of countries including Greece, Turkey, Poland, Latvia, Italy, Japan and Hong Kong.

 

They were found after a team of 25 women police officers raided a massage parlour in Birmingham at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

 

The male owner of the Cuddles parlour in Hadley Road, Birmingham, two other men and a 40-year-old local woman were all arrested for managing a brothel.

 

Police detained three customers during the operation and also found a sawn-off shotgun and four telescopic batons in the building.

 

"Intelligence suggests that young ladies are being brought here against their will on false pretences and have been brought to these premises," Detective Chief Inspector Mark Nevitt told reporters after the raid outside the building.

 

"We believe they may have been subject to violent attacks, sexual attacks and as a result are now being forced into prostitution," he said in footage shown on the BBC.

 

Police and immigration officers were continuing to interview the women on Friday.

 

Police also seized a Mercedes 4x4 vehicle belonging to the parlour's owner.

 

The raid was part of a local police operation targeting robbery and violent crime.

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