Moment police rescue McDonald's slaves from London home: Victims of family-run trafficking gang are found 'shivering in beds' - as photo shows ringleader enjoying beach holiday By Aidan Radnedge Published: 16:59, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 17:30, 30 September 2024 e-mail 46 View comments Newly released footage shows the moment police save McDonald's slaves from their cramped London home where they were left shivering in their beds by a family-run human trafficking racket. The scenes came as it was revealed a gang went undetected for years when forcing 16 victims to work at a McDonald's branch as well as a factory supplying major supermarkets. And new pictures have emerged showing one of the ringleaders enjoying a beach holiday abroad - before justice finally caught up with him and his accomplices.
Ernest Drevenak and Veronika Bubencikova, both 46, were found to have started exploiting men from the Czech Republic in 2015 - but were only captured in 2019. Drevenak is said to have run the gang alongside his brother Zdenek. Their victims - who were homeless , unemployed or in very low-paid jobs in the Czech Republic - had been brought to the UK with the promise of a better life.
Cameras captured the moment police raided a home in London where nine people were living in cold and cramped conditions after being brought to the UK to work in 'slave conditions' Convicted slave gang ringleader Ernest Drevenak (left) has posted photos on his Facebook account of him and friends enjoying.