Couple arrested on human trafficking charges in England.

A Hungarian couple were arrested on December 26th in England’s Stanstead Airport, accused of trafficking women into forced prostitution. The arrest of Andrea Kinga Borcsok, 27, and Atilla Makai, 21 is thought to be linked to the raids on Cuddles massage parlour in Birmingham, England in September of this year when 19 women were released from what was thought to be sex slavery. The couple will appear before magistrates on Wednesday. At the time of the raid on the massage parlour, a police spokesperson said:
“The women are believed to be of Eastern European origin and were tricked into the sex industry. They had their passports taken. They were locked into the venue during the evening to work and taken away during the day and locked in a house.”
Despite this fact the police have found it difficult to gain testimony from the victims who were probably scared of the consequences of talking to the police and six of whom were threatened with deportation. The arrest of the Hungarian couple is a break through in the case.