Man charged amid Leicestershire factory modern slavery probe
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Police arrested a number of people following searches at several addresses on Tuesday
A man has appeared in court after being charged as part of a police investigation into alleged modern slavery in factories.
Officers executed warrants in Leicester and Narborough on Tuesday and arrested seven people.
Janos Sztoska appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Wednesday over offences under sections 1 and 2 of the Modern Slavery Act.
The 33-year-old, from Leicester, is due at Leicester Crown Court on 25 January.
A Leicestershire Police spokesman said on Tuesday officers were examining "suspicions that Hungarian nationals were being made to work in factories within the East Midlands without pay".
Two men, aged 40 and 51, and four women, aged 27, 30, 32 and 40, were also arrested on suspicion of conspiring to commit a modern slavery offence.
They have since been bailed.
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