And freezing rain is being blamed for a 65-car pileup that closed down interstate 290 in massachusetts today. about three dozen people were taken to local hospitals. back to msnbc undercover. the police from devon and cornwall are eager to apprehend all the criminals responsible for trafficking the thai victim lilly. officers ian tomlinson and rob clement are now conversed this man not only trafficked lilly, but also many, many other women. the information we have is tu specifically ordered our victim, identified her and wanted her in particular to be brought over from thailand. as with many of the suspects in this human trafficking investigation, police have had a
Daughter, 19-year-old grace lim, is just as deeply involved in the trafficking network as her mother. i think she s equally as culpable as her mother. yeah. she s very wise for her years. yeah. and she s made efforts to try and encourage other people involved in the network to tell lies to help her mom out while her mom has been remanded in custody. we have evidence of text messages sent asking people to become witnesses to try and help prove her mother s account. the good thing was that she commented on some things that she was obviously comfortable with so when she was asked, for example, about her bank account, she was quite happy to sit there and say i ve got a bank account, there s no money in it, feel free to have a look. but when you ask her questions in relation to the trafficking, and the management of the brothel, she closes right down. the crown prosecution service or cps which will prosecute the case has approved the evidence offered by sergeant tomlinson and hi
The world. one of those working hard on lily s case is sergeant ian tomlinson of the devon and cornwall police force. she entered into a contract in thailand some weeks previously. her family had paid 10,000 pounds for her to come over to she thought it was ireland she was going to to work initially in the restaurant trade. but the victim told us she was flown by abu dhabi into dublin and from dublin by train to belfast and from belfast, a quick hop over to england. translator: a woman brought me here. i didn t know i was going to be sold. she took the money and gave the buyer my passport. they said i had a debt and that i had to work to pay it off. lily, who came from thailand, told police that the international human trafficking
Hard time finding him. he has always managed to stay one step ahead. but now they re in london armed with a dozen possible addresses linked to him. it s not easy to stay on the run for an indefinite amount of time. we ve circulated with him, so if he comes to notice of the police or trying to leave the country on those details, that he will be stopped and arrested. sergeant tomlinson gets a call from a colleague that supplies a promising new lead. hello, andy. first of all, obviously, we ve heard from jay. but there is a new telephone number, or an active one for tu. he s also known to have had it within the last three weeks. deep joy. all right, mate. super. i will give you a call later on. cheers. that s interesting because of the inquiries we have turned up from the address today.
must be an interesting call. hello? is that tu? tu? this is detective sergeant ian tomlinson. i need to chat with you at some point. are you going to speak to me? ? hello, it s the police. are you going to speak to me. mr. gomart. hello, is that tu? mr. gomart, this is ia ian tomlinson. i need to speak to you over some matters. do you know where the serpentine 1? i ll go there and we can have a chat. cheerio, then. bye.
The bin, we ll move forward. the other option is for me to ring him up and see if he wants to kochl in. i think, yeah, he will. and i real lly do think he will bing that number the minute he finds out. right. okay. we ll give him a call. all right. cheers. sergeant tomlinson has the official go ahead to see if he will agree to meet with him. it seems a long shot. coming up, sunday in the park with gomart. hello, it s the police. can you speak to me, mr. gomart? hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don t like v8 juice.
Down wang s operation for good. one of the victims res kcued fr his broothel is a 15-year-old girl. the police will provide counseling. this is a key component to right the effort of the wrongs in human trafficking. you can t underestimate the need. both for the victim, him or herself, the need for her to be stabilized, feel empowered. kbu, also, if we have all of these other goals. if you don t have victims stabilized and empowered, how is that person going to participate and prosecute in the investigation. another is in devon and cronwall. here, police are eager. officers ian tomlinson believes it s one of those responsible
well, there you go. he says he ll meet us in the park. he assures me that he ll be here. but he may have just bought himself an hour s thinking time, really. if we can just km in here for a second. that s where i ve been down by that lake. hello, is that mr. gomar? yes. hello, this is ian tomlinson, again.
what s your name? just relax. hello, there. my name is ian tomlinson. i m a detective. we have some questions we may need to ask you about this premises and about your status in the country. and at this moment, you don t have to say anything, but it may harm your defense. anything you do say may be given in evidence. okay? fantastic. that s what we re looking for.
Trafficking women from asia and eastern europe to work in british brothels. many of the victims removed from the brothels had been too frightened to talk. however, in devon in southwestern england, one woman who we will call lily has been brave enough to come forward. she was part of a massive international trafficking network that stretches around the world. one of those working hard on lily s case is sergeant ian tomlinson of the devon and cornwall police force. she entered into a contract in thailand some weeks previously. her family had paid 10,000 pounds for her to come over to she thought it was ireland she was going to to work initially in the restaurant trade. but the victim told us she was flown by abu dhabi into dublin and from dublin by train to