Two Nigerian nationals, Nwanneka and Ike Ekweremadu have been arraigned at the Uxbridge Magistrates court on charges of attempting to bring a child to the UK for purpose of organ harvesting.
The Met said a child has been safeguarded. Scotland Yard has not given the gender or the age of the child - or the location of the arrests.
But given the suspects are appearing in court in Uxbridge, it is likely they were held at the nearby Heathrow Airport.
The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted to potential offences under modern slavery legislation in May 2022, the force said.
In 2017 a former Nigerian government minister claimed that migrants from his country were having their organs harvested after being sold into slavery.
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