"Vinci in Qatar: court confirms indictment for forced labor," 5 July 2024

...[T]he investigating chamber confirmed the indictment of Vinci Construction Grands Projets in the forced labor case on its construction sites in Qatar...

Nine years after a complaint was initially lodged in 2015 by Sherpa, and after nearly five years of investigation, the judges of the Investigating Chamber have confirmed the indictment of Vinci Constructions Grands Projets for reduction to servitude, forced labor, working and housing conditions incompatible with human dignity, and obtaining services in exchange for remuneration manifestly unrelated to the importance of the work performed.

The multinational argued that its indictment should be quashed on the grounds of an alleged excess of powers on the part of the examining magistrate, and the absence of serious or concordant clues that it may have committed these offences...

The investigation is continuing, potentially leading to the case being referred to a trial court, for the company to be tried.