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What happened
Approximately 500 Vietnamese migrant workers were recruited through Vietnamese labor-export agencies to work on construction of the Linglong tire factory in Zrenjanin, Serbia. Workers reported indicators of forced labor including passport confiscation, restriction of movement and communication, excessive recruitment debt, threats and intimidation, withheld wages, forced overtime, inadequate housing and insufficient food. Some workers said they had been recruited with misleading information about the jobs and working conditions. Accused: Vietnamese recruitment agency and Serbian intermediaries.
Response and intervention
Vietnamese police and Serbian authorities. Joint investigation; agency shut down. Blue Dragon Children Foundation.