The police in Spain have busted a criminal group that specializes in in labour exploitation and fraudulent regulation of undocumented immigrants.
The criminal group had as it’s victims mainly Moroccans, who were charged up to 3,000 euros for false contracts.
The police arrested 43 suspects of various nationalities were arrested, including the leaders of the group.
According to a video released by the national police, the agents entered and searched four homes in the province of Malaga in which they seized more than 50,000 euros in cash and abundant documentation.
At least seven agricultural companies were reportedly involved in the labour exploitation scheme. These companies presented immigrants without residence and work permits to the Administration under the identities of other people, who were regularized in Spain.
The police revealed that the migrants were housed in subhuman conditions in houses provided by the organization after which companies made false contracts to migrants, upon payment of between 1500 and 3000 euros. In this way they were able to regularize their situation, pay Social Security contributions
According to data from statista, Morocco ranked as the country of origin of the largest immigration group arriving into Spain in 2021, with over 59,000 migrants from the African country to Spain that year.
The figure was 25% less than in 2022 with just over 31,200 people entering the country without permission.