Contractors Suspected of Human Trafficking
Foreign workers of a contracting firm under investigation for massive tax fraud, sought help at the Embassy of Poland in Reykjavík last Friday after electricity had been cut off from the building in which they resided, RÚV reports.The building is rented by their employer, who had failed to pay the electrical bill. A neighbor, who gave them a meal, described them as fearful and helpless. Close to 20 workers employed by the company have been living in the building, in poor conditions.
Five suspects in the tax fraud and money laundering case, who had been detained by police since last week, were released yesterday. They were arrested on Tuesday, last week, when house searches were conducted at 11 locations, and book keeping documents and a few million ISK in cash were confiscated. Yesterday, three additional house searches were conducted.
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