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muriel_volestrangler

(102,666 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2023, 07:06 PM Jan 2023

Stagecoach co-founder Dame Ann Gloag charged with human trafficking offences

Scottish transport tycoon Dame Ann Gloag has been charged with human trafficking offences.

Her husband David McCleary and two other members of their family have also been charged.

BBC Scotland has been told that the 80-year-old co-founder of Stagecoach was charged after voluntarily attending a police station for an interview.
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The Perth-based firm grew out of Margaret Thatcher's deregulation of the bus industry in the 1980s.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64355631

Wow. I wonder what the story is?
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Stagecoach co-founder Dame Ann Gloag charged with human trafficking offences (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2023 OP
I thought Wells Fargo started Stagecoach. At least in the oaters, they did. Wonder Why Jan 2023 #1
Indeed. Delphinus Jan 2023 #2

Delphinus

(12,153 posts)
2. Indeed.
Sat Jan 28, 2023, 10:27 AM
Jan 2023

There is not much in the BBC article that gives any real information about the alleged crime.

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