Two people have been arrested after specialist officers executed a number of warrants in west London in a bid to target criminals trafficking women into the UK from South America for the purposes of sexual exploitation

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On Tuesday, 23 February at approximately 5am detectives from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime Command, supported by Territorial Support Group officers, executed search warrants at six addresses across London in Hounslow, Croydon, Newham and Barnet.

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The pre-planned operation was carried out to target the human trafficking of women from South America into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation within brothels in the London area.

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