芬蘭警方逮捕9人，涉嫌販運中國勞工

赫爾辛基，10月30日（路透）—— 芬蘭警方週五表示，已展開審前調查並逮捕9人，原因是警方懷疑從中國前來這個北歐國家、在一座電池工廠工作的勞工，是人口販運受害者。HELSINKI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Finnish police said on Friday they have launched a pre-trial investigation and arrested nine people on suspicion that workers who came from China to work at a battery factory in the Nordic country were victims of human trafficking.

• 警方在聲明中表示，他們也懷疑與這些員工入境芬蘭安排有關的犯罪活動• Police said in a statement they also suspected criminal activity in the arrangements related to the employees' entry into Finland

• 警方表示，這項審前調查涉及一家芬蘭人力仲介公司的活動與人員，以及一家中國客戶公司• The pre-trial investigation concerns the activities and personnel of a Finnish staffing agency and a Chinese client company, police said

• 中國駐赫爾辛基大使館未立即回應採訪請求• The Chinese embassy in Helsinki did not immediately respond to a request for comment

• 9名被捕者中有4人目前遭審前羈押• Four of the nine people arrested are currently in pre-trial detention

• 一名警方發言人拒絕說明可能的受害者人數，也不願說明是否有任何嫌疑人已向調查人員作供• A police spokesperson declined to comment on the potential number of victims or if any of the suspects had given statements to investigators

（Essi Lehto與Louise Rasmussen報導；Terje Solsvik與Andrea Ricci編輯）(Reporting by Essi Lehto and Louise Rasmussen; Editing by Terje Solsvik and Andrea Ricci )