Exploiters Indonesian immigrants go on trial
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, April 2010 - 10:05pm
A court in The Hague has started trying six people suspected of forcing dozens of illegal immigrants from Indonesia to work in appalling circumstances.
The victims worked frying Indonesian shrimp crackers in a number of buildings in The Hague, Rotterdam and Gouda. They were forced to work up to 15 hours per day, often standing without interruption.
Housing, often in the same boiling hot space where they had to work, cost them three quarters of their income. Many of them had sold all they had in Indonesia to pay for the long trip.
Following tip-offs from neighbours, the Social Intelligence and Investigation Service found 38 Indonesians who were being exploited in this way. The authorities suspect there may be hundreds more.
The six suspects on trial are from Surinam and Indonesia. Five accomplices will go on trial later this year.
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