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Six individuals charged with involvement in forced labour
Date:
31 May 2024
31 May 2024
Relevant legislation/regulation:
Modern slavery
Modern slavery
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Status:
Ongoing
Ongoing
Regulator/enforcement authority:
National Crime Agency (NCA)
National Crime Agency (NCA)
ESG Category:
Social
Social
Defendant(s)/subjects(s):
Various individuals
Various individuals
Key Facts:
Following a NCA investigation, six individuals were charged with forcing people to perform forced labour to staff cannabis farms. All six are accused of conspiring to facilitate workers into the UK for exploitation, and conspiring to produce cannabis.
Currently on bail, the defendants are due to appear before Birmingham Crown Court on 28 June 2024.
During an operation in 2022, the NCA unearthed a cannabis farm in an industrial unit located in Gloucestershire. Three Vietnamese nationals working at the place were suspected victims of modern slavery.
The NCA recovered and destroyed cannabis plants, which were valued in excess of £400,000.
Further details to follow.
Sources:
NCA press release
