3 People Who Forced Latvian to Work Off Fake Debt Face Jail Under UK’s Modern Slavery Act

Undated photo of (L to R) Normunds Freibergs, Jacobus Stankevicius, and Ruta Stankeviciene, who were convicted of modern slavery offences at Newport Crown Court in Wales on Aug. 24, 2022. Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority

Three people in Wales face jail after being convicted of forcing a vulnerable Latvian immigrant to work off an ever-increasing “debt” that included a fictional sum to pay for the costs of Brexit.

Normunds Freibergs, 40, Jacobus Stankevicius, 59, and his wife Ruta Stankeviciene, 57, were convicted at Newport Crown Court under Britain’s Modern Slavery Act and will be sentenced in October.