Police Rescue ‘Slaves’ from Travellers’ Site

Police freed 24 men, including eight Britons, from caravan site, near Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire. Police say more than 100 people have been held in in dog kennels, caravans and horseboxes across the country,
Police Rescue ‘Slaves’ from Travellers’ Site
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/124738331.jpg" alt="A sealed gate to the the Green Acres caravan site is pictured in Leighton Buzzard, north of London, on September 12, 2011. British police raided a travellers' site Sunday to rescue 24 men they said had been held as slaves and forced to live in squalor, some for up to 15 years. More than 200 officers from Bedfordshire Police entered the Green Acres caravan site and arrested four men and one woman, all residents on the site, on suspicion of slavery offences. (Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A sealed gate to the the Green Acres caravan site is pictured in Leighton Buzzard, north of London, on September 12, 2011. British police raided a travellers' site Sunday to rescue 24 men they said had been held as slaves and forced to live in squalor, some for up to 15 years. More than 200 officers from Bedfordshire Police entered the Green Acres caravan site and arrested four men and one woman, all residents on the site, on suspicion of slavery offences. (Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1797728"/></a>
A sealed gate to the the Green Acres caravan site is pictured in Leighton Buzzard, north of London, on September 12, 2011. British police raided a travellers' site Sunday to rescue 24 men they said had been held as slaves and forced to live in squalor, some for up to 15 years. More than 200 officers from Bedfordshire Police entered the Green Acres caravan site and arrested four men and one woman, all residents on the site, on suspicion of slavery offences. (Max Nash/AFP/Getty Images)
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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