Forced LaborArchive 2008–2016

Forced Labor in Athens (2008)

A forced labor case from 2008 in Athens, Greece.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Investigators determined the victims were part of a group of 32 illegal immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh who were being kept in a refrigerated truck, owned by a 43-year-old resident of Athens.

Response and intervention

Three members of the gang have been arrested. no info available Police say they discovered the two unidentified bodies on Tuesday near a remote coastline in southern Greece. They say they detained 30 illegal immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh while stopping and searching vehicles.

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Sex Trafficking2009

Athens, Greece, 2009

Greece GR

Four Greek police officers as well as 25 other people were arrested under the suspicion of trafficking approximately 300 women from all over Eastern Europe to Athens. The women were placed in nightclubs and strip clubs, private homes and unlicensed brothels. The police officers allegedly helped supply these women with false identification documents and tipped off nightclub owners about planned police vice raids.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016