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Police rescue trafficking victims from cop's house in Lampung
The Lampung Police also arrested four suspected traffickers, and said the ongoing investigation was looking into whether the officer who owned the house was directly involved.
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he Lampung Police on Monday rescued 24 victims of human trafficking from a house in Bandar Lampung belonging to an officer at the National Police headquarters.
Lampung Police chief Insp. Gen. Helmy Santika said authorities were currently looking into whether the officer was involved in the crime.
"We're investigating how the victims arrived at the house and whether the human traffickers were borrowing or renting the house," Helmy told a press conference on Wednesday, Antara reported.
"The National Police's internal affairs division has launched an internal probe as well to further investigate the matter," he added.
Authorities rescued 24 women from West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) who were believed to be victims of an illicit scheme to send them to the Middle East as migrant workers.
During Monday’s operation, police also arrested four suspects identified only by their initials DW, AL, AR and IT on allegations that they had offered the women a salary of Rp 7 million (US$470) to work as domestic workers overseas.
All suspects have been charged with violating the 2007 Human Trafficking Law and the 2017 Migrant Workers Protection Law, which carry punishments of between three and 15 years in prison.
