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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-10-01
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[01] Migrant traffickers caught imprisoning, torturing workers
[01] Migrant traffickers caught imprisoning, torturing workers
Police arrested seventeen Romanian human traffickers and freed 31
migrant workers they had tortured and held captive, authorities said on
Saturday.
The workers, also Romanian, were held in two basement apartments, the
police's anti-trafficking division said in a statement.
The traffickers allegedly pledged to find their compatriots labouring
work at a daily wage of 35 euros in return for a fee of 500 euros to
cover travel expenses to Greece.
On arrival, the migrants were charged another 800 euros, which was
gathered by witholding the entirety of their pay. Although promised
jobs for three months, the workers were fired after the sum had been
covered, and new victims were shipped in, police said.
The perpetrators allegedly tortured some of the workers, threatening
others with a pistol. Food given to the captives was subsistence
level.
Police are continuing their enquiries working with Interpol.
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