Ian Shuttleworth, 42, is accused of luring Thai women to London with promises of restaurant work and then selling them to work in brothels

Ian Shuttleworth, 42, is accused of luring Thai women to London with promises of restaurant work and then selling them to work in brothels, reports said.
One woman was allegedly sold to a madam and forced to have sex with men in London, Coventry and an unknown location in Scotland.A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We have been informed of the arrest of a British national in Thailand on May 20.
"We understand charges are yet to be specified."His arrest follows a Metropolitan Police operation in London last month.Nine Thais were arrested in connection with the alleged sex trafficking ring involving five brothels across London.
They appeared before City of Westminster Magistrates' court on April 22 charged with conspiracy to traffic women within the UK for sexual exploitation, running a brothel and money laundering.Police freed 30 women during the raids. Many were being forced to work as sex slaves to pay off huge debt claims made against them by the captors.