The store specialised in Indian sweets. Photo: Getty ImagesAn Auckland couple has been charged with human trafficking, exploitation and other immigration-related offences. The pair owned a sweet shop trading as Royal Indian sweets, which failed in 2017. The maximum penalty on the exploitation, false and misleading information and aiding and abetting charges is seven years' jail and/or a fine not exceeding $100,000. The maximum penalty for attempting to pervert the course of justice is seven years' imprisonment.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 07, 2019 21:22 UTC