The victims, who spoke little or no English, were forced to work in various roles at a bakery in Hoddesdon, a car wash, a McDonald's restaurant, as well as carry out domestic household tidying and cleaning.
The wages earned were routinely withheld from the victims aside from the occasional release of a derisory sum, highlighting their exploitation and financial control.
Vulnerable people from the Czech Republic and Slovakia were often selected from poor or rural backgrounds with a view to being exploited, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Victims were controlled and manipulated in the most despicable way... they remained trapped in invisible handcuffs despite not being locked up.
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