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divdiv class=story-body readability=39 span class=story-date#13; span class=date23 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time10:13 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Two of the three women found last month in an alleged slavery case in London met the man who has been arrested via a collective, police say./p#13; pThey met in the city through a shared political ideology, police said, and went on to live together./p#13; pOfficers said a couple arrested in the case came to the UK from India and Tanzania in the 1960s. /p#13; pPolice are making house-to-house inquiries in the Brixton area of south London as part of the investigation./p#13; pInquiries are thought to be being carried out in Peckford Place./p#13; pThe alleged victims - a 30-year-old British woman, a 57-year-old Irish woman and a 69-year-old Malaysian woman - are now in the care of a specialist non-governmental organisation after they were rescued from what police said was a residential address last month./p#13; pPolice said the 30-year-old woman had a birth certificate but no other official papers./p#13; span class=cross-head'Shared political ideology'/span#13; pThe case came to light after the Irish woman rang Freedom Charity to say she had been held against her will./p#13; div class=story-feature narrow#13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/a h2 class=quote“spanStart Quote/span/h2#13; blockquote readability=1p class=first-childWe believe emotional and physical abuse has been a feature of all the victims' lives”/p/blockquote#13; span class=endquoteEnd Quote/span#13; span class=quote-creditCdr Steve Rodhouse/span#13; #13; #13; /div p id=story_continues_2A couple, both aged 67 and thought to be married, were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of immigration offences and they have been released on police bail until January./p#13; pPolice had previously said they had also been arrested in the 1970s but have not revealed what it was in connection with./p#13; pIn a statement, Cdr Steve Rodhouse of the Metropolitan Police, said: We believe that two of the victims met the male suspect in London through a shared political ideology, and that they lived together at an address that you could effectively call a 'collective'./p#13; pSomehow that collective came to an end and the women ended up continuing to live with the suspects. /p#13; pHow this resulted in the women living in this way for over 30 years is what are seeking to establish, but we believe emotional and physical abuse has been a feature of all the victims' lives./p#13; pHe said when the women were removed from the house on 25 October it was agreed that police would not at that stage take any action. /p#13; span class=cross-head'Emotionally fragile'/span#13; pSince that date we have been working to gain their trust and evidence, that came to fruition on 21 November when we were in a position to make arrests, he said./p#13; pBetween the 25 October and 21 November none of the three victims were reported missing to the police./p#13; pCdr Rodhouse said the women were emotionally fragile and highly vulnerable./p#13; pAneeta Prem, founder of Freedom Charity, which has been working with the women, said: We have seen an extraordinary rise in calls to our helpline since the rescue of the three women came into the public domain./p#13; pThese women have had traumatic and distributing experiences, which they have revealed to us./p#13; pWhat needs to happen now is that the three victims, who have begun a long process of recovery, are able to go through their rehabilitation undisturbed, without being identified. /p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center