A man has been charged with forcing a woman to perform compulsory labour. The 33-year-old was arrested in Belfast on suspicion of holding the woman as a domestic slave in Belfast for more than six years. The man was detained in east Belfast. A 25-year-old woman, who was arrested in Scotland on Tuesday, has been transported back to Northern Ireland for questioning. A PSNI spokeswoman said: “Detectives from PSNI’s Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit have charged a 33-year-old man with requiring another person to perform forced or compulsory labour.”The man is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday morning.

Source: The Irish Times May 01, 2019 08:03 UTC