Crown Prosecution Service announces three people charged with human trafficking offences
The Crown Prosecution Service has today announced Khondaker Fuad Hasan, Liu Xu Hopkins and Benjamin Hopkins have been charged with the following offences:
- Conspiracy in Human Trafficking contrary to S2 Modern Slavery Act 2015 and S1 Criminal Law Act 1977
- Conspiracy to Control Prostitution for Gain contrary to S53 Sexual Offences Act 2003 and S1 Criminal Law Act 1977
- Conspiracy to Transfer Criminal Property contrary to S327 1(d) Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and S1 Criminal Law Act 1977
It follows an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit into alleged organised human trafficking and money laundering offences in relation to seven separate venues across England; two in Chippenham and one in Gloucester, Bury St Edmonds, Reading, Cheltenham and Ely.
Andrew Eddy, Senior Crown Prosecutor said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute Khondaker Fuad Hasan, Liu Xu Hopkins and Benjamin Hopkins with human trafficking offences - following a police investigation into organised trafficking for sexual exploitation, controlling sex workers for gain and transferring criminal proceeds.
“Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to charge and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings.
“We worked closely with the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit as they carried out its investigation.”
Khondaker Fuad Hasan, Liu Xu Hopkins and Benjamin Hopkins will appear at Bristol Magistrates Court today (17 October 2025).
We remind all concerned that proceedings against the suspects are active and they have a right to a fair trial.
It is vital that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in anyway prejudice these proceedings.
Notes to editors
- Khondaker Fuad Hasan (DOB:12.05.1986) is from Leicester.
- Liu Xu HOPKINS (DOB: 02.07.1970) and Benjamin HOPKINS (DOB: 01.12.1968) are both from Bristol.
- The function of the CPS is not to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence, but to make fair, independent and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges for a criminal court to consider.
- The CPS assessment of any case is not in any sense a finding of, or implication of, any guilt or criminal conduct. It is not a finding of fact, which can only be made by a court, but rather an assessment of what it might be possible to prove to a court, in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.