A cruel couple who kept vulnerable people as slaves and forced them to do nearly £1million worth of work for free have been caged for a total of 25 years. Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska, both 46, were identified as the ringleaders of a modern slavery and human trafficking operation.
They persuaded dozens of vulnerable people to travel from Slovakia to work for them at a car wash. Tancos would use his links to orphanages and camps in Slovakia to recruit victims, promising them transport, a place to live and food, and a better life.
Victims were told they would get to keep half of their wages every month, whilst the other half would go towards food and living costs. However, on arrival, victims were kept in squalor in the couple’s three bedroom home in Brentry Lane, Bristol, and forced to work for free.
