A ROMANY gang ran a “family business” trafficking destitute “slaves” to the UK from eastern Europe to swindle benefits, a court heard yesterday.
They were given national insurance numbers to claim benefits here while forced to live in abject squalor in cellars or cramped several-to-a-bed rooms, jurors were told.
The Rafaels even used government agencies to find work for those they enslaved, it was alleged.
Those trafficked, changing hands for £200 to £300, were fed stale bread and goulash while the family of nine partied on expensive food and drink, an alleged victim said.
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