Employees at firm that supplied grape-pickers for champagne on trial for human trafficking

Police found 57 people allegedly held in fetid conditons in case known as ‘grape harvest of shame’ Three employees of a firm that provided workers to pick grapes for champagne has gone on trial for human trafficking, in one of the biggest labour scandals to hit France’s exclusive sparkling wine industry.The employees of the firm supplying grape pickers for the champagne harvest in 2023 were charged with human trafficking and exploiting seasonal workers, submitting vulnerable people to undignified housing conditions, and employing foreign nationals without authorisation The firm itself was also on trial for moral responsibility in the case. Continue reading...

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