Five arrests in 'slavery' raid at Greenacre travellers' site

dipsydoodle

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Sun Sep-11-11 11:53 AM
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Five arrests in 'slavery' raid at Greenacre travellers' site

Twenty-four men suspected of being held against their will have been found during a raid at a travellers' site.

Four men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of committing slavery offences in the raid at Greenacre travellers' site, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, on Sunday.

The men, who are English, Polish and Romanian, were found in "filthy and cramped" conditions, police said.

Detectives believe some may have been there for up to 15 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14871318

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Mon Sep-12-11 07:23 AM
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1. Gosh ... "travellers" commiting crimes for years? I'm shocked, shocked to find that out. (n/t)

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Mon Sep-12-11 03:42 PM
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2. Bedfordshire 'slaves' case: Four men charged

Four men have been charged after an inquiry into men being kept as slaves at a travellers' site in Bedfordshire.

The four men, all from the same traveller family, were arrested when police raided Greenacres near Leighton Buzzard early on Sunday.

The slavery charges are connected to four people found at the site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-14891461

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Nihil

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Tue Sep-13-11 07:14 PM
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3. Of course, the codeword "traveller" excuses all sorts of other crimes ...

Edited on Tue Sep-13-11 07:16 PM by Nihil

... or, at least, it prevents the law of the land from being
applied to all of the occupants of the land if they claim that
they are "special" in that way ...

No law of trespass.

No law of theft.

No law of car insurance.

No law of fly-tipping.

...

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