News and Politics | January 28, 2010 | 0 comments

Fields of Terror: the new slave trade in the heart of Europe

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Poor people are beaing lured from Eastern Europe to the Czech Republic for forced labour. Some of the worst gangsters are now on trial but there is no sign of this evil trade coming to an end.

While pricey restaurants in Berlin or Amsterdam serve fresh asparagus plucked from fields in the Czech Republic, none of the appreciative diners has the slightest idea that this much-loved item is only on their dinner plates thanks to the backbreaking work carried out by modern-day slaves – men and women lured from poor countries on false pretences and then held captive – beaten and threatened by armed guards if they ask for food, their wages or try to escape.
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