Slave labour in south Essex DOWN and are being used as slaves on traveller sites across Basildon.Reader comments (28)

‘Dossers’ no strangers to police REPORTS of "dossers" found and arrested on traveller sites have previously featured in the Echo.Reader comments (3)

Discovery of boy, 16, led to investigation THE 16-year-old boy looked terrified as police ordered him to empty his pockets.Reader comments (10)

‘Some enjoy their lives’

SOURCES trusted by the Echo, settled residents who have grown up alongside travellers in Basildon, told how dossers can be great for touting for work.

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Police reluctant to give details over homeless man’s kidnap

A HOMELESS man escaped from traveller bosses by jumping from a van as it sped along the A127.

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Slaves are still common A GIPSY activist openly told how the "slaves" were a focal point to some travellers' lives and how many families favoured "strong workers of low IQ".Reader comments (13)

Traveller jailed for keeping a slave

A BASILDON traveller was jailed for keeping a homeless man as his slave at the Oak Lane site in Crays Hill.

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Where dossers are in south Essex

DOSSERS have been living at various sites across south Essex:

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Immigrant 'hit on head with axe'

A TERRIFIED illegal immigrant was hit on the head with an axe, just a week after being taken to Hovefields.

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Rogue traders unmasked GERRY McCann and his workforce are rogue traders who flytip, use false names and don't always finish their jobs.

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