Victims of modern slavery ‘are hidden in plain sight’

Many victims of modern slavery are being “hidden in plain sight” across Britain, British home secretary Theresa May has warned following the discovery of three women allegedly held as slaves for at least 30 years.

Victims of modern slavery ‘are hidden in plain sight’

Scotland Yard has revealed that two of the three women, whose rescue was revealed on Thursday, had lived in a “collective” with a man who was arrested after meeting through a “shared political ideology”.

The man and a woman, both 67, have been released on bail after being arrested in connection with the investigation into slavery and domestic servitude.

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