LONDON — Slavery is thriving in the United Kingdom, as authorities try to battle a growing problem.
Britain’s National Crime Agency said cases of forced labor affect "every large town and city in the country.”
A government estimate of 13,000 victims in the U.K. is the "tip of the iceberg," according to Britain’s anti-slavery commissioner Kevin Hyland. He called for tighter regulation of nail salons in the country — some of which are sites of forced labor.
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The High Court in Glasgow heard Robert McPhee and John Miller held three men in "slavery or servitude" at a site in Shotts, North Lanarkshire.
Prosecutors said the men were kept in squalid conditions and forced to carry out work for little or no pay.
Mr McPhee and Mr Miller, along with two other men, James and Steven McPhee, have denied all of the charges against them.
Between them, the four men face a total of 30 charges including violence, intimidation, abduction and detaining victims against their will.
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