To join me for deep dive into the green transformation for me for you all the plans with ah aah 12 year old lun suffers from Heart Disease despite that shes forced to work illegally in the gym and kept berlin. Her story sparked a major criminal investigation and trial. The author of this documentary has gained access to case files. Young lawn is just one of many have fallen victim to human traffic is ah mm ah. Then shall we begin. Actually because hes retired and jay and his gang had links to the vietnamese Human Trafficking mafia. They transported hundreds of Vietnamese Nationals from lithuania to been in via russell. Im chicago talking to oregon renewed. I would never strike one of them japanese, im afraid it might kill them more. Well, their chinese boys 40 to 50 kilos. Chops, potter, juniper puget from oxygen, styx, which of yours all of all those we transported are there were just a few that were heavier because a lot of the rest were so skinny, especially the boys. There werent many girls who parked yesterday from bottles of marble floor. Rough isnt national. Theres not enough awareness in germany about human smuggling, especially when it comes to traffic any from viet nam numbers. Year on year we see an increase the number of vietnam bases on paper often have been to have and to 6. This is one kind of so, but i describe it as modern day slavery. Marcus fall is with the German Federal police. Hes in charge of fighting, organized crime in central germany, an expert in Human Trafficking. Hes been trying for years to crack the vietnamese organized Crime Networks with dr. Doesnt he. Nasdaq, these networks operate on a very hierarchical basis when theyre highly professional and cooperate in other forms of organized crime or criminal activities or nicotine. The traffic us have been smuggling Vietnamese National st. Poland for years. Thousands have been brought to germany along this rich and polish Customs Office is rarely uncovered. These smuggling operations most make it through that, including many young people and children. Children such as 12 year old land, she was smuggled over the polish border into germany in august 2015. Berlin authorities never investigated where she was held in poland or for how long we come here in this building right here to try to call her. This is where they were initially held. Will g marshas of all the bus parked here and then came a text. Were here. Yes, a messenger . Yes. For one of my drivers would arrive is reco share of am. News waykell by and after a few minutes they came out this entrance here with our finance. I got physical unit open. How many would you losing air . It was always different, vol, gainesville, to 57 of the girls women to would you young more groups of ours, you know, lot of back only mostly young with them. Its hard to tell whether theyre older, young obama, judith mortgage only started in the to me, did you know there were a lot of miners among the smuggler to vietnamese or . I dont know, its hard to tell, are you there so . So allan frales and ashburn, so small and black, i mean the hair, otherwise their yellow june is one of many smuggled in by on jay he was broad from lithuania to warsaw, where he went underground. And feel calmer when im drawing Something Else that have me icama. John lives in constant fear of the human traffic is in viet nam. He lived with his grandmother. His parents are dead and then his grandmother died too. He eat out a living, collecting muscles, snails, driftwood, and plastic bottles. Only when lamely, we normally solidly r t. I was 15, maam. A man came to me and asked if id like to have a job and make a lot of money. Oh, it was a short conversation and he spoke very pleasantly and friendly hong i was just a kid. Well, i didnt know anything. Boy, javan was. So i did what he told me. Then uncle, that they didnt explain what kind of work and for how long i only that id be moving to germany. Up in the sun, dalia knew it. The human smuggling route from vietnam to poland. Like most of his compatriots, john travelled across russia to the baltic nations and then to poland. Along the way, he was held in abandoned warehouses, sometimes locked in for weeks at a time. She isnt sure exactly where i dont want his and am home. The beetle was on during those times. I couldnt go outside to nowhere to shield all in a tech. I was young at the whole day in those warehouses, knowing that morning noon afternoon and night new my new my own i heard from others that we were in rush only lake, a young lee. I asked the vietnamese there if i could go outside. He said, no, dont go outside, i own own, get not madame. He told me that another guy tried to escape. One was shot in the leg. Ah, hello. I didnt ask any more questions, dana, and didnt dare even to think about it anymore. Either a thump, and from there it were from lithuania, we brought them here. I mean, we were there at the time we put them in the buses will to the carrier. But ill tell you that you get lunches of how many can you fit inside those kinds of buses also that giggle wooten, it depends. You have to record the one of my men was apprehended road. You see at 12 of them, though, i had no idea that on a shelf we had agreed on age, but they gave him 12. You need valesh. Ah, that 40000 vietnamese live in the polish capitol. Its one of the biggest communities in eastern europe. Whistle is a thriving hub for Human Trafficking between vietnam and western europe. For example, we brought 20 to 30 people here to this house. Here were directly to the Trading Center or to this temple here from 30. We drove them, but they came here to pray and where did they go from here after . So this was just after all of chicago, france, for instance, or berlin not. Lets go to the next. As john was being transported to germany, the driver lost control. The mini van just before the border. There were serious injuries in the accident. The driver and all on board were arrested including 8 minus boys and girls. It was the start of a Major Investigation by polish authorities. John was a star witness and gave comprehensive testimony. Ah a im still afraid this thought a guy next to me hit his head against something on there was blood all over his face. Mom, it still frightens me. Another thought the human traffic is cell phones were confiscated and the data analyzed, including gps data authorities were able to piece together the smuggling brutes. Well, over 100. 00 smuggling operations were carried out within 8 months. Using 3 vehicles. Angie was the lead driver, a Vietnamese National, living in warsaw, contacted angie and his 2 accomplices to transport illegals to germany. In minivans. The polish smugglers received about 500. 00 euros per person. 12 year old land made it to berlin. She lived in a high rise in the martsen district with the vietnamese man who she described to authorities as her father, an intentional deceit. Her actual appearance remain in viet nam a few days later, another vietnamese girl arrived here, also claiming that the man was her father. German federal police apprehended the 15 year old on the polished german. Hey, its a problem. Federal authorities are increasingly confronted with cases involving the smuggling of young vietnamese boys and girls have increased dramatically over the past few years. Those who are apprehended and up at emergency facilities meet the border like this one in ice in written stat. What sources in Emergency Child Protection Services near the border tell us that most of the children who are brought here quickly disappear ah. Busy no one was willing to speak to us officially, but one caseworker described the situation under the condition that he remain anonymous of death cobra. His problem has been recognized for a long time to wish lawyers are his mothers bring them to germany. And the few that are apprehended brought to austin to rent an erect soon and more often than not. They disappear from this facility after one or 2 hours, like my phone can get a phone call into your steinway storm was posted and then you have you listened. And from here we have to file a missing persons report by the police unexplored. But most of the time, nothing happens. Unfortunately, if a german child goes missing, theres a massive effort to locate them, but nothing gets done when its a young vietnamese christian has hit on x. But the question is, how many vietnamese young people have gone under the radar in germany . Where are they and what happens to them . We researched those questions the months, making hundreds of inquiries. What we discovered is a state of absolute chaos among the responsible agencies. Conflicting answers, contradictory statistics. One thing is sure, hundreds are unaccounted for with most of those thought to be in berlin. And the numbers have been growing for years. But on go to why arent Police Looking for them . Is the search for missing illegals only becomes active when certain criteria are met with, for instance, if there is the possibility that someones endangered and that metric doesnt apply to young vietnamese and bite him. But usually this danger doesnt apply when it comes to the missing vietnamese young people whove been smuggled in probably the furnished so 1000000000 criminal authorities see no danger. And at the same time, vietnamese children are disappearing all over europe. In france, belgium and the netherlands. I mean, they are, as you who Kirsty Alena Natal check, goldman or oklahoma in 67 young vietnamese disappeared from high security facilities like this one in the netherlands journalist santa telling an uncovered the story shes been investigating the facial refugee minus in europe for years. We were looking for a story that wont reveal and what kind of problems there were. And to show that there was really a problem we started to look into that sheltered at was most protected. We have 2 of them in the netherlands, one in the north, and one in a south, both of secret locations telling and is the 1st journalist in the netherlands to investigate the secret facilities. I got loads of internal documents so i could learn a lot from that. They place and night watch in front of the building. They locked the windows, but what they see is that the children still nice from the kitchen to break open the windows. They spray perfume on the fire alarm, which makes the door goes open. And vehicles were already waiting outside these high security facilities. And what you could see is that it looks like they disappear voluntarily because they go away by themselves. But the pressure on them is so high because they have to pay depths. And todays traffic girl in depth reporting at least a wave of outrage in the netherlands. The government reacted by launching a wide ranging investigation who biagspraya is telling his boss. He was surprised at the results of the investigation almost from within some v dash i gave the bottom line of the report was that many, many vietnamese miners have simply disappeared. I was really more than our own Research Uncovered as you to be precise and fully 97 percent of those registered as minors in the netherlands have disappeared without a trace. I get the all because they are miners. They should receive special protection in the netherlands. Isnt alicia . Paulas was one. Its the same story in germany. The disappearance of young vietnamese is precisely planned and executed as a sign. So as it looks as if these miners have very precise instructions that they adhere to this and i know who to contact and where they have to go, was there a meeting points and things like that, or some of them are picked up directly outside our facility. Route from all tools. Alabama when you were in berlin her yes yes, but where exactly how strauser or Something Like that and i show number 128 and that i know for sure. You know, what was it some kind of house . What was their club houses for vietnamese clubs . Exactly. And there was a tram line on the street from where we drove inside the 1st gate that i still remember with a more than provider or form, or if youre a bright tramps or that we entered through a gate after driving past an old house or the 1st restaurant on the left and there should be a yellow, a vietnamese restaurant thought of the awful un sunnyville. Thats where we let them out, thomas with us. I wont. And thats where they were picked up the computer at the 1st restaurant turn. Ah, lines supposed father is one of those who made the pickups. Berlin, police had him and his accomplices under surveillance and were monitoring their communications. In fact, 1000000000 and polish authorities were investigating the same smuggling ring. But they werent sharing their findings. There was no co operation whatsoever, despite the fact that the missing points for traffic is, were an open secret. Senior management at the detention facilities confirmed that there were cases of Human Trafficking. Once policeman formed security, the facilities was increased. But hes a 3 call yet, louise. Human track picking runs through these hubs essays, holes. They have safe houses where basic needs are taken care of or fire. The safe houses are usually rented apartments, mostly larger apartments. They are sublet through people who belong to the Smuggling Network, or through 3rd parties who apparently have nothing to do with the illegal activity here. And these apartments are used as a cover for Human Trafficking. Good. Ah none and her religion sister lived at one of these safe houses. Their proportion father also brought other trafficking victims. From the dawn, sean sent her to the apartment whither were held captive. Sometimes they were kept for weeks until smuggling payments were completed. Often up to 5 people lived here at the same time. Ah, yes, my fellow credited will via even right here in berlin. We investigated cases where smugglers put people in the safe houses and, and they were only allowed to leave once the smuggling fee was paid off. The funnier are usually it was the family back in vietnam who paid one pistol out of it. There were cases where payments werent kept up with, and thats when the abuse started as a means of pressuring the family to pay the remaining balance. The license to retention etzky is with eck, pat, a World Wide Network of organizations who advocate for childrens rights. A pat has sponsored the most comprehensive study to date of trade with vietnamese minors. In europe, investigated se smugglers charged between 5. 00 and 20000. 00 to transport people from viet nam to germany. Thats far more than most families can afford from 20001000. The money has to come from somewhere and the smugglers demand payment. No, im good. Yes. And then they have to work it off before they are exploited and forced to work thats, thats what happened. And who did they work for it . For the traffic as it was before they have to work off their debts. This is, this dependent relationship doesnt end once the debt has been settled and most often it continues because the victims find themselves trapped in a kind of downward spiral mountains. How do we actually define Human Trafficking . And how does it differ from smuggling . Your humor and zukowski is the leading expert in the study of Human Trafficking in germany. Hes a professor at martin lou, 2 university in hollow written bag. Men shall, humble as horsemen troy. Some Human Trafficking is usually connected to smuggling, but the term implies forced exploitation liaison contorted. Illegal smuggling is defined as transporting people into a country illegally, the hours for it on to see the goal of Human Trafficking is exploitation order. People are sold or recruited without any say in where theyll end up with a think they arent asked with because its a done deal by law and 4. They are treated as objects around be mean not as people with right shine a person, middle englishman. Those who are recruited in viet nam, are victimized long before they reach germany, like do you, where do they work . She or they work as taylors who we are here. They so close or like here, for example, whole trucks full of clothes and they so them all to ship go illegally. Theyre all illegal singular garden, usually theyve crossed the border illegally for one. So that means theyre sewing illegally to pay off their tanza video for forward from here. Oh, at this spot in 2017 polish authorities fried vietnamese slave laborers from a sewing factory. Among them with children and minus partial profile until they worked off their debt. It doesnt matter where they are in poland, germany, france, or elsewhere sponsor to answer to that river oxygen. They have to work off their debts in nuclear, its logical to ocean resolved from forward. So they sit down and get to work today. Shonasha. And when someone galks or cant take it anymore, you know, things get physical staggering that they would all be talking to give of yeah. To hold you, go and caution the smuggling mafia attracts its victims with much sweet of visions of upright people. I mean, do the daughter of vietnamese refugees was born in the us. She moved to handle a years ago to lead the fight against human traffickers and a brutal method. So much of the mafia is recruitment is done by social media. So social media, i promise you the world and wonderful salaries and also the ability to bring your families over again. This and what do such offers look like files that this is an advertisement of work to work in finland and youre being promised monthly salary between 18 hundreds of 2500 euros, which is 50 to 60000000 in im done per month. Its only by 8 hours a working per day as 6 days a week. The employer will pay for all the mules insurance, personal income taxes have you also found hosts mentioned in germany as the destination country. That emily, dated for sure. Those lofty promises meet with harsh reality here at berlins wattenberg train station. Though she had heart problems, land was forced to sell cigarettes. Her boss was the human traffic that city authorities believed was her father. In response to questions, the Berlin Agency responsible for education and families, confirmed many young vietnamese have been arrested on charges of a legal tried in cigarettes in some a 2019 berlin. Law enforcement also confirmed the existence of criminal gangs who smuggle children. And one is to germany for exploitation. The 1st news accounts made headlines across europe. The interior committee of berlins house of representatives named a chief investigative for organized crime. But he assured the public that no schumann trafficking was taking place in the gym and capital in criterion for as far as were concerned in the criteria for Human Trafficking, in the context of smuggling, arent that filled in most cases of food, stay indigo. Those who put their trust and Smuggling Networks know beforehand that they will naturally have to earn some money. Does he not money that might not be available before the smuggling began . Since i had to begin this wasnt they know that the Smuggling Network will give them opportunities to work lucky to earn money, which in turn is returned to the smuggling ranks of which often both it may seem like exploitation pleased, but it doesnt have to be void of her son, muscle vanish ah lans. A legend sister was 15 years old and worked as a manor curious for 300. 00 euros a month. I. The number of vietnamese run now studios has grown exponentially over the past few years. Its a lucrative side hustle of the human traffic. Is illegal employment exploitation, inhumane working conditions. Going incidents of illicit labor a being reported in many german cities, including dormant keyson essence and wooster. More and more often when police and Customs Officials ride nail studios, they find undocumented Vietnamese Nationals, including numerous minors. For instance, in the town of fulda, in the state of hessen, the others on some continent in august, i am certain that our nail studio raids only uncovered the tip of the iceberg. All these are selected braids versus flesh. We believe that miners are being forced to work in nail studios all across germany. Just comb alonzo now investigations and interrogations. Point to a Central Point of reference in berlin. Date for door from there with somebody at the means. Laborers are sent throughout germany to work in nail studios and in august well joes of the hours of diagnosis. Be in Great Britain as well. The number of vietnamese run nail studios is growing rapidly and he to police writes, often turn up undocumented miners. Many dont even know where they are or how they got there. I believe is how did you get here . What about the trip agent . Even though, when i was brought here from vietnam in trucks, i dont know how many countries we drove through, or how many times we changed vehicles. The next one, wilson dependent, held captive, exploited by schuman traffic his year on year we said increase the number of de abbas, and i will be expected to work incredibly long hours for low autopay and a false to the rates as well. The British Government ordered the comprehensive inquiry in hopes of gaining insight into the vietnamese Human Trafficking network. The investigation was led by debbie beetle, the childrens Rights Organization act pat. The results released in 2019 showed that many of the victims were brought to britain via germany. This chaskin vietnamese people has been identified age kind of really the last 10 years. And what we need to really look at is the map money has been made. You know, these traffic is making quite huge amounts of money, you know, and really we need to be making sure that we are preventing this from happening. The victims of being supported vaughn will, people are being supported and that these people are prosecuted for crimes or theyve committed so Great Britain handles this problem much differently than germany. In such cases, nail studio owners can be convicted of crimes related to shooting trafficking. Oh, thats possible because of the modern slavery act voted into law by the British Parliament in 2015. The bill be now read the 3rd time from here is that opinion say, ah, of the country . No. The eyes have it. The eyes heard that because the injustice to resume than interior minister champion the legislation as an effective way to combat Human Trafficking. And then one slave react was a really good step in the u. K. To try and tackle the issue of im Human Trafficking and we have seen it and bring in and further support for police and kind of made it simpler for them to be after prosecutions of trafficking him on slavery. The National Crime agency in london, britains lead agency in the fight against organized crime and Human Trafficking. Robert richardson that leads a special unit dedicated to combating Human Trafficking. He coordinates all investigations currently underway. Nationwide alarm victims of slavery, a forced air criminality. And what was preventing those victims coming for Law Enforcement was fear of being prosecuted themselves. And so the new legislation includes a provision for those crimes that have been committed forcibly. And so that encourages victims to come forward much more readily than they would have done previously. Standardized criteria, fish, Human Trafficking, centralized registration, victims with these guidelines in place, the scope of the problem is becoming more clear. The numbers are rising, especially among the domains. Nearly 900. 00, a documented each year. Girls and boys, half of them under 18 many of them are apprehended in a Legal Cannabis farms like this one. Children working is virtual slaves for the drug cartels. There is a significant number of kind of is firms that are run by vietnamese organizations. So we, we recognize that often is, you know, young men from age 15, generally a co coerced into tendon and growing plants to working conditions in canada, farms incredibly dangerous that for a henderson hovel. Conditions say they are often in one room, a, sleeping on the floor where there be bought takeaways or food either daily basis. So a few days at a time. And they have their surrounded by ponce, im at the smell is quite strong as lots of chemicals on that is watching those plans. There be lights on them or the times again, you know, almost like tortuous conditions where they dont know when hes day or night. Ah, my name is han, im 15 years old. Born in a small village, we were very poor. Ah, this video was released by it. In an effort to make the British Public aware of what it calls modern day slavery, forced upon vietnamese children. One day a man came and said he had worked for me abroad and that i could send money back home with. It was like a dream come true. But when we arrived in Great Britain, he brought us into a big apartment in a city. We were told to look after the plants, he said we owed him money and that if we tried to run away, hed kill us. It had also launched campaigns like this one to inform the British Press about this growing problem. In the meantime, british authorities have taken a hard line against human traffickers, in stark contrast to germany. Currently, when we look at modern slavery investigations, theres a total of approximately 1900 investigations on off those, you know, several 100 will be specifically targeted criminal exploitation, which includes, you know, kind of his farms that kind of money by vietnamese victims of truck, german and polish officials have also been covered, ilLegal Cannabis farms run by vietnamese, along with the mostly Young Workers house to care for the crops. Ah, narcotic drugs. Medical were a wanna and methamphetamines for me, and smuggling and smuggling, and its the same people dont. Yes, theyre one in the same yet not to summer. And where does the product end up dawn lynne. But lena, ah, one of the suspects is lance purported father. He allegedly picks up smuggled people in mosul along with crystal, met for sale in the gym and capital oh, just beyond whether its the sale of drugs, all the production of narcotics i, these are among the lines of trade declined by the vietnamese organizing crime syndicates went on and smuggling serves the purpose here as well as harsh as it sounds. They are a continuing supply of Human Resources like mom, the organized criminal gangs bring the mean for use in their other spheres of activity from dotted line, simply dominant when finance a case of Human Trafficking 100 as a classic case of Human Trafficking, the British Embassy and berlin, january 2020. A workshop sponsored by the u. S. Based pacific link foundation. Deep flung spearheads this international charity. On this day, hes making clear the dimensions of Human Trafficking of vietnamese to europe. British belgian and german investigators are in attendance. Great britain, success in combating the smugglers is the central theme. But sebastian, out on of berlins criminal justice agency, thinks its unwise for countries to compare strategies. Yes, every nation has different Legal Definition of smuggling and Human Trafficking. And that means we have to be very careful as it was one in this context. When can, we cant simply compare the justice systems of other European Countries with each other and under for glazing. In 2005 germany signalled its support for an International Law that codified a definition of Human Trafficking. It was sponsored by the European Council. Kevin holland was the chief inspector for scotland yard. And britons 1st independent anti slavery commissioner. Now hes in charge of monitoring observance of the European Councils. Human trafficking convention. Every countries definition should come from the council. Youre a convention, and i know theyre all differences technically. And there were differences in some interpretations. But ultimately, the definition crated by the counselor of your convention and the International Instruments clearly lays out well a crime is on. Thats what country will be assessed on. Highland believes jim and he hasnt yet lived up to its commitments. He adds the European Council report of 2019 clearly highlights the weak points. There is no a national process, but supporting victims who will so the positive duty to investigate crimes. So there is a pro active investigation that should happen. I also think there are, you know, areas that are missing like an independent rapid torrell commissioner, someone to look at the stick, you ation across germany. And you know, then that consistency. Oh, monitoring over a period of years. Germanys lexical response to the problem plays directly into the hands of the human traffickers. In berlin stone, john center land was forced to work as a messenger transporting thousands of euros for the criminal gangs. It the quoted system worked as a waitress. The exploitation of vietnamese mine is continues to take place before our very eyes and yet belin authorities are skeptical as to whether the young victims trudy are under age and a cancer from anger. First, a large number of the vietnamese that we take into custody. Claim that they are under 18 oxy neely. In reality, its a different story was does view in our experience, weve come to the conclusion that the large majority of smuggled vietnamese who say they are miners of us arent actually under age. Like i was given position, at least we know youll accent october 2019 on the outskirts of london. These victims were definitely minus boys and girls in a smuggling operation gone wrong. There she, 9 people died of a 60 ation in the back of a truck. All with vietnamese one of the victims, it was a 17 year old boy. His friend had just turned 18 when he died. 12 days before, both of them disappeared from a facility in the netherlands. They were in germany before embarking on the journey, the cost them their lives. The hum, yoga they lived in this house for a few months was once when they were brought here after police pulled them out of the back of a truck or todd is a truck was from germany lunch. And the people found in this truck were loaded into it near cologne. And i live on code and is industrial. I understand shortly before she died, one of the victims wrote a note to her mother back home. Mm hm. Ah, this is somebody dying. And yet there was no blaming the network. No blaming anybody who sold her that ticket . No saying things. I wish i didnt do this. In the end, it were just, im sorry, this is, im not making it. So the smartest lives on that weapon. Well its, its the cultural weapon that they wield very and that play right. And they keep people and that bondage they are able to make sure that people shut up and never tell the neighbors about the treacherous journey that theyve been on to day. June leaves illegally in warsaw. A polish Court Sentenced on j to 3 years and 6 months in prison on charges connected to Human Trafficking. Lans fate is unclear. Her purported father was arrested in berlin on smuggling charges and sentenced to 3 years in prison. But the term Human Trafficking is nowhere to be found in his court house. The official records of 2019 showed that there were only 7 cases of Human Trafficking, a vietnamese in germany. Ah. A gigantic sheet of paper, maam, they dont lay constance for. Madame butterfly reagans festival as famous traffic in state. But imagine having to play. Oh, how does that work off the also what do you know what your role did . They said youre gonna be 30 minutes w ah, a lend of contrast of ambitions of inequality. 75 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi peacefully led the country to independence, full of ideals. What is remained of his vision . Whats the status of human rights and social justice in whats called the Worlds Largest democracy . Willie c. 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