REMY GABALDA A prostitute walks near a car

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Police have received a string of complaints from shocked drivers in North Wales who have taken their vehicles to be cleaned and been asked if they are looking for girls while they wait.

Now a special taskforce which targets human trafficking and modern day slavery is investigating to determine how widespread the problem is. James Coy, the North Wales Anti-Slavery co-ordinator, said that while the area didn’t have a red light district, they did have a problem with sexual exploitation.

DAVID MCNEW A woman crouches near a car

Migrants and criminals can pass through the area due to the proximity to Holyhead port. He said: “We’re seeing a trend across North Wales and the UK where single male customers are going to hand car washes and are being offered sex.

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“A migrant worker or a group of migrant workers will clean a car and ask ‘Do you want to go inside?’ “It is prostitution. They’re often Eastern European but very vulnerable people.”

BRUNO VINCENT Many trafficked women end up in brothels