Serbia: Authorities investigating allegations of human trafficking of Indian workers by Chinese company; incl. co. comment
Résumé
Date indiquée: 2 Fév 2024
Lieu: Serbie
Entreprises
Shandong Linglong Tire - Client , China Energy Engineering Group Tianjin Electric Power Construction Co Ltd - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 11
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 11 - Inde , Construction , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Coups et violence , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Droit à l'alimentation , Contract Substitution , Traite des êtres humains , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , BlessuresRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par Journalists
Lien externe vers la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: 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.
Type de source: 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.