Human trafficking victims from Vietnam were rescued after police swooped on nail bars across the UK , arresting ten people . Around 150 officers from three forces across were involved in the raids carried out across 17 shops and residential addresses in London and Berkshire . Ten men and women were arrested as a result of the operation on Tuesday morning which followed 18 months of investigation . All but one have been bailed pending further police inquiries . Police swooped on 17 nail bars and residential addresses across the UK on Tuesday including one salon in Reading ( above ) . Six victims of human trafficking were rescued as a result of the operation . Thames Valley Police Officers raided three nail bars in Reading , two in Wokingham and one in York in addition to a number of residential addresses . They were supported by Metropolitan Police and North Yorkshire Police as part of the operation known as Rehoboam . Investigating officer said the effort was part of an ongoing police effort to curb human trafficking in the UK . 'It is a criminal offence to traffic people into the UK . It is an offence to force people , by threats or coercion , to work unpaid or to pay off a debt . It is an offence to make people carry out acts against their will . 'The key aim of this operation is to protect vulnerable people . The victims in this investigation have been taken to rest centres where they are being supported by Thames Valley Police , the British Red Cross and the Salvation Army . 'Extra police community support officers will be out on patrol today speaking to residents and businesses to inform them of today ’ s operation and provide reassurance . ' Ten people were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking offences as a result of the raids . Among the nail bars that were raided as part of the operation was this one in the centre of Reading ( above ) More than 150 officers from three different police forces were involved in the operation which saw 10 people arrested after 18 months of investigation . They are a 33-year-old woman from Berkshire ; a 40-year-old man from London ; a man and a woman from Wokingham aged 39 and 32 and two men and two women aged 31 , 20 , 33 and 24 from Reading . A 19-year-old man of no fixed address was also arrested as part of the operation . It comes after a Sunday Times report estimated around 15,000 nail bars in Britain were controlled by criminals involved in human trafficking . Between 2008 and 2013 , 100 salons in England and Wales were fined a total of £700,000 for employing illegal immigrants . Some of the victims , the majority of which were Vietnamese , said they had been trafficked into the UK and forced into prostitution before taking up work in the salons . Speaking of the reported figures , Chloe Setter , head of advocacy at ECPAT , an anti-exploitation charity , said often workers were trafficked into the salons having been involved in other illegal scenarios . 'Sometimes nail bars serve as a cover for other types of crime and some times they are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to illegality . 'But with victims working in a public facing role it 's important people understand the reality of the trafficking . 'It 's important for people to know this is happening on high streets and not just in murky sub-worlds . 'People are , in some cases , unwittingly using forced labour and I think they 'd be shocked to know the truth . ' Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article .
Six people were rescued by police as a result of the raids across the UK . three officers from More than 100 different forces involved in operation . Ten men and women arrested on suspicion of human trafficking offences . There are an estimated 15,000 nail bars operated by criminals in Britain , according to a press report .