Three people have been charged with people trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation, as part of a joint operation between Norfolk Police, Suffolk Police, and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).

A warrant was executed in Great Yarmouth, which resulted in a number of arrests on 2 April 2014. All the individuals were from the local area and involved in vegetable and meat processing.

Two men were each charged with acting as a gangmaster without a licence (s12 Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004); holding a person in slavery or servitude or requiring a person to perform forced/compulsory labour (s71 Coroners and Justice Act 2009); trafficking people for exploitation (s4 Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004) and money laundering (s327 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002).

One woman was also charged with money laundering.

All three were bailed to appear at Great Yarmouth Magistrates’ Court on 1 April 2015.