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A woman suspected of helping run a sex trafficking gang who made victims eat raw chicken hearts in voodoo rituals has been arrested in Manchester.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the Spanish woman was a "key member" of an international sex ring.
Police in Spain arrested 11 people as part of the network that allegedly trafficked women from Nigeria.
Four women were rescued during the raid on the house in Miles Platting near Manchester City's Etihad Stadium.
Greater Manchester Police and the NCA also arrested two Nigerian men, aged 34 and 39, at the house on suspicion of drugs and immigration offences.
Spanish investigators believe the gang recruited women in Benin City under false promises of a better life.
They claim the victims were trafficked to Spain, forced into sex work to pay off their "debt" and controlled through voodoo rituals.
The women allegedly had their fingernails and pubic hair pulled out and were told their families would be killed if they did not co-operate, police said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43153616