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	A Hungarian teenager who is at the centre of an alleged false-imprisonment case has been placed in the care of the State.</p>
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	Garda&iacute; are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding an incident which occurred at an address in Tyrrelstown, west Dublin on Tuesday afternoon when officers called to a residential home.</p>
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	It is understood that a teenage woman, who was staying in the house, contacted her relatives in her native Hungary, who subsequently informed local police.</p>
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	Hungarian police then informed their colleagues in Ireland and garda&iacute; visited the Dublin property.</p>
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	Trafficking</p>
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	Initially, they were investigating with a view to discovering whether or not the woman in question was the victim of a human-trafficking ring and had been brought into Ireland against her will.</p>
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	However, when garda&iacute; called to the property, it was the alleged victim herself who opened the door.</p>
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	A man aged in his late 20s, who was arrested in relation to the investigation, has since been released from garda custody without charge.</p>
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	It has emerged that the Hungarian woman is now in state care while garda investigations continue.</p>
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	Garda&iacute; have learned that the woman was in London in the last number of weeks and are trying to ascertain how she travelled to Ireland.</p>
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	Sources revealed that the woman was not in possession of any valid travel documents.</p>
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	It is not believed by garda&iacute; that she was physically harmed while staying at the Tyrrelstown address.</p>
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	Officers from Blanchardstown Garda Station are investigating and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Independent on the 12th August 2016)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/teen-is-taken-into-state-care-while-garda-examine-false-imprisonment-34959198.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/teen-is-taken-into-state-care-while-garda-examine-false-imprisonment-34959198.html</a></p>
