Released a minor who worked piecework for five euros an hour

Released a minor who worked piecework for five euros an hour


Police transfer one of the detainees. / Ministry of Interior

The National Police has dismantled in Cuenca a group that exploited undocumented immigrants and used a store as a "placement agency"

The National Police has dismantled in Cuenca an organization that exploited immigrants in an irregular situation in Spain, providing them with a job in agricultural work to which they dedicated long hours of work. In the police operation, a 15-year-old minor who "worked from dawn to dusk in the vineyard for 5 euros an hour" has been released, according to the head of the National Police Immigration Brigade in Cuenca, Javier Mayordomo. In addition, since he spent a good part of the day working in the fields, he was not in school.

The investigations began last November after a complaint was received from a citizen who had been registered with Social Security for a company where he did not work. The agents later verified in El Peral (Cuenca) that three men of sub-Saharan origin were working in the field posing as other foreign citizens.

The Police questioned the agricultural businessman who had hired them and he indicated that a grocery store in Graja de Iniesta (Cuenca) was the one that recruited the undocumented immigrants and the one that, as a placement agency, looked for a job for them in agricultural crews in towns in the area. At the same time, he used the documentation of foreigners in a regular situation whose identity he usurped to "hire" other immigrants without permission to reside or work in Spain.

false documentation

The network forced these seasonal workers to sign false documentation, taking advantage of their precarious situation in Spain, taking part of their salary as a commission and exploiting them for long hours of work, especially in pruning vineyards.

The operation has resulted in the arrest of eight people for the alleged crimes of false documents, usurpation of marital status, belonging to a criminal organization and against the rights of workers. Among the eight arrested are the three leaders of the gang: a married couple and one of their children. The National Police has transferred all the documentation found to the Labor Inspection so that it can open disciplinary proceedings against the agricultural entrepreneurs who hired these immigrants.



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