Police raided CAP Recycling in West Bromwich, and sister firm Black Country Recycling in Oldbury as part of the slavery investigationA wealthy young businessman funded a life of luxury while allegedly using a dozen slaves to build his waste management empire. Shezada Mahboob, 26, was bailed yesterday after police discovered 11 apparently malnourished Polish men and a worker of Asian origin at a flat and two businesses in the West Midlands. Mr Mahboob is listed as a company director of two recycling firms and has registered two other companies. The workers are alleged to have been paid as little as £1 an hour to sift through waste and to have been forced to sleep on site on stacks of waste…

Source: The Times September 28, 2016 23:00 UTC