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    SIX HELD OVER PEOPLE TRAFFICKING

    BBC NEWS
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england /8497941.stm
    2010/02/04 11:37:08 GMT

    Six people have been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking
    after a 15-year-old Armenian girl tried to enter the UK using a
    Latvian passport.

    Two Armenian men, aged 49 and 25, and two Latvian women, aged 33 and
    26, were stopped in North Shields on Friday.

    The UK Border Agency said they were headed for Manchester.

    Two other Armenian men, aged 30 and 19, were later arrested on
    suspicion of people trafficking. All six have been released on bail.

    The girl has been taken into the care of the local authority.

    Det Insp Graham Brown, of the North East Immigration Crime Team, said:
    "The safety and wellbeing of the young girl is of paramount importance
    to all the agencies involved in this investigation.

    "Trafficking and facilitation are serious offences which often involve
    young and vulnerable members from the international community."
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