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Episode 192 - Operation Fort & The Truth about Modern Slavery

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In 2019 a few hungry men went looking for food at a local soup kitchen in Birmingham; here they met an aid worker who was horrified to discover the suffering they had endured at the hands of a notorious Polish crime family. Following this encounter Operation Fort - the biggest modern slavery investigation in the history of the UK - was sparked. In this episode Hannah and Suruthi explore what people trafficking really is as they delve into the UK's prolific slavery network.


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0:00.0

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0:42.9

I can't remember how, what? Yes, hello, I'm Hannah.

0:46.9

Excellent start, I'm Sruti.

0:48.9

I've done a real banger. It's just been quite the few weeks and I feel like...

0:53.9

Welcome to Redhanded, by the way, firstly and secondly, I feel like we're just sort of

0:57.9

starting to wind down. I personally am sleeping past 4am now, which is a real plus.

1:01.9

I feel like we've just been very tightly wound springs for about two months and I feel like

1:06.9

we're just about unwinding now. I mean, I'm putting words in your mouth, you might be

1:10.9

like, I'm just everything still awful. No, no, no, I am a-okay, I woke up at just

1:16.9

before 9am today on... Nice! What is it? Good Friday that we're recording this?

1:22.9

Yep. So while I did wake up at 9 o'clock, we are obviously still working on a UK

1:26.9

bank holiday, but that's fine, because compared to what's been going on for the last few

1:30.9

weeks, this is completely chill. And if you're wondering what on earth we're talking

1:33.9

about, it's because we wrote that book we told you about last week, guys.

1:37.9

It's happened. The book is out there and if you would like to pre-order your

1:41.9

copy, which I would wholeheartedly recommend, because I think it is quite the excellent

1:46.9

book, then you can follow the link tree that is very handily placed in the show notes

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