Nine people have now been arrested in a major operation targeting human trafficking in Ireland. Fourteen locations were raided this morning resulting in the arrests of 4 men and 2 women.
This afternoon, another man was arrested by PSNI in Northeren Ireland and 2 others have been detained at locations in Wales.
Welsh police say those arrested are a 47-year-old Irishman and a 31-year-old south African woman.
Each suspect is being held on suspicion of committing a number of offences including organising and managing prostitution.
Brothels were searched in Cavan, Drogheda, Athlone, Mullingar, Sligo, Kilkenny, Enniscorthy, Newbridge, and Waterford.
The raids follow an international investigation into human trafficking which involved gardaí, the PSNI and the British Serious Organised Crime Agency.
Human Trafficking is an issue which has had an increasing profile on the European policing agenda over the past number of years. A number of high profile cases have brought this issue to the forefront of political discussions in Brussels as the ever expanding boarders become increasingly difficult to police with constant expansion.
Tags: Human trafficking, Trafficking Arrests, trafficking in Ireland
