It was on January 19th of this year that the Finnish police searched a villa in northern Helsinki after a report from another authority.
A man in his 80s was found in the basement in very poor physical condition, the police wrote in a press release. The man is believed to have lived in a windowless room without access to a toilet or cooking facilities for several decades.
Two men and a woman, all in their 60s, have now been arrested. The police are investigating suspected human trafficking and whether the suspects exploited the man's dependent position for financial gain.
