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Women from the Far East were trafficked into Notts to work as prostitutes.

They were set up in rented properties in Aspley, Clifton, Sherwood and Sutton-in-Ashfield.

But police rescued half a dozen of the women, who had paid £15,000 each to be brought to Britain. They also arrested three people involved in the operation.

Detective Inspector Ian Winton, of Notts sexual exploitation investigation unit, said: "All of the women we spoke to talked in the terms of paying large sums of money - around £15,000 - to people who arranged the transport to the UK, and they had to work in the off-street sex industry to pay it off."

Information from Nottingham Evening Post.

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