A new case of slavery

A new case of slavery It was discovered in a commune in Prahova county. Three people, members of the same family, are accused of DIICOT because they would have exploited seven people whom they kept in miserable conditions, in bars without current, water or toilet. The victims were forced to work 17 hours a day on a farm.

Two men and a woman from Prahova County, aged 23, 45 and 51, were charged for human trafficking. The 51 -year -old man is also accused of submitting to forced or mandatory work, a DIICOT statement said.

« From the documents of criminal prosecution it turned out that, between 2017 and April 2025, the defendants, members of the same families, recruited seven victims, which they transported to a farm in Bălţeşti, Prahova county, in order to obtain the useful materials from the work of the injured persons. Electricity and without toilet, obliged by acts of physical and moral constraint to carry out heavy work for 12-17 hours daily, without being remunerated or remunerated inappropriately for the activity performed, ”say prosecutors.

In order to have total control over the ones they exploited, the three took their identity papers, and in the situation where they were trying to leave the farm the victims were brought back, being put again « in the state of servitude they had managed to free themselves. »

The prosecutors have searched the exploiters’ house, following the descendants find more identified and raised means of proof.

At the end of last week, DIICOT prosecutors requested the issuance of preventive arrest warrants on behalf of two of the three operators, but the Prahova Court ordered the measure of arrest at home, DIICOT Ploieşti contesting the decision.

The woman investigated in this case was placed under judicial control for a period of 30 days.