Sex trafficking ring forced Thai women to pay debt bondages, of £28,000

Police believe they have smashed a sex trafficking ring after arresting 12 people in dawn raids.The vice squad said the gang used an escort agency website as a front for a network of brothels.They rescued 60 foreign women, mostly Thai, thought to have been kept as sex slaves after the gang paid their fares to Britain.More than 100 police raided addresses across London after a four-month investigation. They said: "Some were forced to pay the largest debt bondages we've seen, about £28,000."

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