A 48-year-old man in Bristol has been charged with attempting to arrange the forced marriage of a teenage girl.
Sami Firat, formerly of Folkestone, Kent, is also accused of arranging the travel of the girl to Turkey with the aim of exploiting her.
A Kent Police spokesman said: “Sami Firat, 48, is alleged to have used violence, threats or coercion to carry out the offence between June 2016 and October 2017.
“He has also been charged with arranging or facilitating the travel of the girl to Turkey with a view to her being exploited, following an investigation by Kent Police’s modern slavery and human trafficking team.”
The force spokesman said Firat, of St Mary Street in Thornbury, Bristol, was arrested at Bristol Airport on Wednesday evening after returning to the UK from Vienna, Austria.
He appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Friday, September 18 and is due to appear before the crown court on October 19.
