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A 22-year-old man who was being used as slave labour has been rescued by detectives investigating sex-slave trafficking in Cambridgeshire.A 22-year-old man who was being used as slave labour has been rescued by detectives investigating sex-slave trafficking in Cambridgeshire.
The victim came to the UK from Eastern Europe with the promise of work but had his identity papers taken away from him by a criminal gang. The victim came to the UK from eastern Europe with the promise of work but had his identity papers taken away from him by a criminal gang.
He was kept on minimum food rations and forced to carry out unpaid work on the land for long hours in Peterborough.He was kept on minimum food rations and forced to carry out unpaid work on the land for long hours in Peterborough.
Police now believe there may be other slave-labour victims in the county.Police now believe there may be other slave-labour victims in the county.
He was in a poor state, having not been fed properly or even given a change of clothes Det Ch Insp Kevin VanterpoolHe was in a poor state, having not been fed properly or even given a change of clothes Det Ch Insp Kevin Vanterpool
Det Ch Insp Kevin Vanterpool said: "We had a call to say that a man had been abducted.Det Ch Insp Kevin Vanterpool said: "We had a call to say that a man had been abducted.
"He was in a poor state, having not been fed properly or even given a change of clothes in the 12 months since he had been brought to the UK with the promise of a good job and more money."He was in a poor state, having not been fed properly or even given a change of clothes in the 12 months since he had been brought to the UK with the promise of a good job and more money.
"At one stage he tried to escape, but was forcibly returned to the house where he was being kept in Peterborough.""At one stage he tried to escape, but was forcibly returned to the house where he was being kept in Peterborough."
Police said he may not be the only slave-labour victim in Cambridgeshire.Police said he may not be the only slave-labour victim in Cambridgeshire.
"We have long suspected that with such numbers of young men coming from Europe and elsewhere to work here, that many may have been misled or forced into working," Det Ch Insp Vanterpool said."We have long suspected that with such numbers of young men coming from Europe and elsewhere to work here, that many may have been misled or forced into working," Det Ch Insp Vanterpool said.
Ten young women have already been rescued from brothels in the county as part of Radium, a Cambridgeshire-led operation to break sex-slave trafficking from eastern Europe, Africa and the Far East.Ten young women have already been rescued from brothels in the county as part of Radium, a Cambridgeshire-led operation to break sex-slave trafficking from eastern Europe, Africa and the Far East.
One person has been charged with human trafficking and another with rape.One person has been charged with human trafficking and another with rape.
The young man, who has not been identified, is being cared for by police and social workers.The young man, who has not been identified, is being cared for by police and social workers.