Exploitation on the construction site: 38 arrested in France, Romania and Moldova for abusing migrant workers
They were Moldovan nationals and a number of them had counterfeit Romanian identity cards.
- They were Moldovan nationals and a number of them had counterfeit Romanian identity cards.
- The criminal group, organised by a Romanian national living in France, smuggled at least 40 Moldovan nationals to exploit them in the construction business in France.
- Most of the smuggled individuals had a low level of education and therefore were more vulnerable to exploitation.
- Eurojust set up a Joint Investigation Team between France, Romania and Moldova, signed in May 2020.