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And the employees housed upstairs, the victims were even referred to justice for presenting false identity documents. The decision fell on December 12, 2024. The six young men, who say they have “lived hell” and were supported in their legal journey by unions and associations, were sentenced to suspended prison sentence (three months for five of them and two months for the last one). They appealed.
Investigations continued
A few weeks later, the affair took another turn. The one that was expected when the affair broke out. And this time, it is not the housed and undocumented employees who are being singled out. The prosecution reveals that it has dismantled “a human trafficking ring”.
If, following the CODAF control in April 2024, a preliminary investigation had been entrusted by the Albi public prosecutor's office to the OLTIM branch (Office for the fight against illicit trafficking of migrants –
border police) of Toulouse and DDETS 81 (Departmental Directorate of Employment, Labor and Solidarity), the investigations then continued, starting in October 2024 following letters rogatoryin co-referral with the GIR (Interministerial Research Group) of Toulouse and the OCLTI (Central Office for Combating Illegal Work), specifies the public prosecutor, Stéphanie Bazart.
“The quality work of these four services has enabled the dismantling of a human trafficking network which allowed the exploitation and accommodation of employees in conditions contrary to human dignity, characterized in particular by long periods of employment far exceeding the legal hourly rates for heavily reduced, undeclared salaries, and accommodation in unsuitable premises.
Five people (three men and two women, aged 39 to 45) were arrested on January 13, in Albi and the Paris regionadds the prosecution.
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-Four indictments
Four people were presented Thursday, January 16 to the investigating magistrate and
indictments of the heads of “ human trafficking in an organized gang”, “employment, in an organized gang, of a foreigner not in possession of a work authorization”, “execution, in an organized gang, of a hidden work »“assistance with entry, circulation or illegal stay of a foreigner in Francehaving the effect of subjecting him to conditions incompatible with human dignity”, “non-existent or insufficient remuneration of several vulnerable or dependent people”, “submission of several vulnerable people or dependent on unworthy working conditions” and finally, organized gang money laundering.
€530,000 in criminal assets
Three of them were placed in pre-trial detentionthe fourth being placed under judicial supervision.
“To date, 18 victims have been identified. This legal operation led to the seizure of more than €530,000 in criminal assets, consisting of cash, bank accounts, vehicles, jewelry and luxury watches“, concludes the prosecution.
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