UK Arrests Nine in Sex Trafficking Probe

Seven women and two men have been arrested after a series of raids on ten suspected brothels in the UK.

The raids were part of Operation Pentameter, a national operation aimed at targeting human trafficking.

Twelve sex workers, all foreign nationals, were taken into protective custody but eleven told officers they had not been working against their will.  One woman from China remains in protective custody after telling officers she had been coerced into sex work.

The first Operation Pentameter in 2006 freed 84 women and teenage girls from brothels and massage parlors and led to 232 arrests.

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