A couple have been convicted of running a human trafficking network in Bristol – promising people a new life in the UK then forcing them to work without pay. The National Crime Agency rescued five men who were being kept as modern slaves in a house in Brentry Lane, Bristol, by Maros Tancos and Joanna Gomulska.
Tancos, 45, Brentry Lane, Brentry, recruited vulnerable people from Slovakia, targeting those who were often raised in orphanages or living in camps. He promised them transport to the UK, somewhere to live and food.
He told his victims that they could keep half of their wages each month, whilst the other half would be kept for rent and board. In reality, victims received no money and earnings were spent by the defendants on online gambling, in casinos, on buying cars or their own living costs.
