THREE human traffickers who smuggled a Slovakian couple into Scotland in a bid to force the woman into a sham marriage have been jailed for a total of nine years.
THREE human traffickers who smuggled a Slovakian couple into Scotland in a bid to force the woman into a sham marriage have been jailed for a total of nine years.
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Jamie Beatson
Helena Kulova, 47, Renata Kulova, 20, and Ivan Balog, 27, were convicted of human trafficking following a three-and-a-half-week trial.
The trio had brought Atilla Lakatosova and Anna Tothova to Scotland in a bid to sell Miss Tothova to a potential husband in a forced marriage.
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