The State Police had received information from a non-governmental organisation regarding possible labour exploitation of two foreign citizens at a Latvian farm.
During the pre-trial investigation, it was established that a man born in 1966 (he was not named, in keeping with standard Latvian legal practice), with the aim of gaining financial benefit, had recruited the foreigners to work on the farm and forced the women to work. One of the women had her identity document confiscated;...