Serbia: Authorities investigating allegations of human trafficking of Indian workers by Chinese company; incl. co. comment
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 2 Feb 2024
Standort: Serbien
Unternehmen
China Energy Engineering Group Tianjin Electric Power Construction Co Ltd - Employer , Shandong Linglong Tire - ClientBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 11
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 11 - Indien , Bau , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
Gewaltakte , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Recht auf Nahrung , Contract Substitution , Menschenhandel , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , VerletzungenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalists
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Linglong company on Wednesday said that it “does not employ and has never employed workers from India” and that the contract with CEEG was terminated in September 2022.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"Serbia Prosecution Investigates Alleged Human Trafficking of Indian Workers", 2 February 2024
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Zrenjanin, Serbia, has started investigating a complaint made by a human trafficking NGO, ASTRA, about possible human trafficking of workers from India hired by the Serbian branch of the construction company China Energy Engineering Group Tianjin Electric Power Construction, CEEG.
CEEG is a subcontractor of Chinese tire giant Linglong at whose construction site citizens from India were working.
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ASTRA, an organisation dealing with human trafficking and labor exploitation, made a complaint seeking the urgent reaction of institutions, claiming that there are serious indications of “human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation” of Indian citizens.
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Linglong company...said that it “does not employ and has never employed workers from India” and that the contract with CEEG was terminated in September 2022.