Three men have been charged with slavery offences by police in the UK.
Thomas Doran, Daniel Doran and David Daniel Doran are accused of false imprisonment, conspiracy to hold a person in servitude and conspiracy to require a person to perform forced or compulsory labour, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
The arrest comes after a third alleged victim was recovered from one of the sites being searched by detectives in South Wales.
Prosecutors said Thomas Doran will also face an additional charge of kidnapping by fraud.
Catrin Evans of CPS Wales, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has been working alongside Gwent Police as their investigations under Operation Imperial, an anti- slavery operation set up to investigate allegations of mistreatment, have progressed. In particular, we have been offering advice and guidance to the police since four suspects were arrested on Monday.
“I have now carried out a review of the evidence gathered by Gwent Police in relation to three of these suspects.
“My conclusion is that there is sufficient evidence to charge Thomas Doran, Daniel Doran and David Daniel Doran with false imprisonment, conspiracy to hold a person in servitude and conspiracy to require a person to perform forced or compulsory labour. In addition, there is sufficient evidence to charge Thomas Doran with kidnapping by fraud. In respect of each of these offences, I have also concluded that charges are in the public interest.
“Accordingly, I have authorised Gwent Police to charge the three defendants and they will appear before magistrates on Thursday.”
Officers earlier confirmed they went to an address in St Brides, Newport, and found a 60-year-old British man. A Polish man was taken from a farm in nearby Peterstone, Newport, earlier this week.
Earlier this year, a man was found at the same site in Peterstone after going missing 13 years ago while on holiday in the South Wales resort of Porthcawl.
Four other people have also been arrested as part of Operation Imperial. Officers began their inquiries earlier in the year after a “vulnerable” missing man was found living in poor conditions on Cariad Farm in Peterstone, which has been described in a Newport Council document as gypsy and Traveller family-owned accommodation.
Darrell Simester, from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, disappeared while on a holiday in Porthcawl 13 years ago. The three men will appear at Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
Press Association