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- Freelance journalist Le Manh Hung
- Written for BBC News Vietnamese from Berlin
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The image of the “Vietnamese tobacco mafia” in Berlin in the 1990s has not faded, the kidnapping of Trinh Xuan Thanh during the day in 2017 in Berlin has not cooled down, on January 18, 2021, German media simultaneously . reporting on human trafficking from “Vietnamese mafia lines” in recent years.
Human trafficking is the source of many social ills, not only for Germany but also for several other EU countries.
The 45-minute television documentary “Goods-Children”, premiered on the night of January 18 on channel number 1 of the German national television station, ARD, presented many shocking truths to the German public.
The introductory section of this station’s program previously read: “Human Trafficking with Vietnamese: Modern Slave Prisoners.”
According to the BKA (German Federal Criminal Office), there is “a terrible network of adult traffickers operating throughout Europe.”
“Vietnamese criminal organizations illegally send Vietnamese to Europe and Germany and exploit them, including teenagers. The BKA now declares war on human trafficking.”
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According to the BKA, by 2021, all of Europe should simultaneously fight human trafficking and labor exploitation by Vietnamese criminals.
The raids revealed large numbers of Vietnamese living illegally and smuggling into massage parlors, nail salons, restaurants, as well as garment factories, cleaning companies or cannabis plantations.
These people were lured to Europe with the payment for services of about 20,000 euros.
In many German media: in addition to ARD, RBB, N-TV …, major newspapers such as Tagesspiegel, Zeit, Neues-Deutschland, Berliner Zeitung, etc … also reported “Berlin is the intermediate station. Transfer of trafficking lines of people “.
Photographs in the documentary show the extent of human trafficking.
Vietnamese markets in Poland and Berlin have been monitored by the police from the air using drones; The suspects’ phones were tapped.
Renowned national investigative police officers have joined. There are witnesses who are members of the condemned, who were smuggled into Europe providing a lot of information to the police.
Higher operations are applied, and coordination between the countries of Europe has been formed and is maturing.
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The Dong Xuan Market in Berlin is mentioned in the latest German media reports on the modern slavery of Vietnamese gangs in Europe.
Community anxiety
The Vietnamese communities in Berlin and Germany fell.
The comments “at least you could imagine this as a German media disaster for the image of the Vietnamese community in Germany”, “Oh again Berlin”, “Lai Dong Xuan-Berlin” have many on Social networks are easy to read .
Vietnamese working in some industries are concerned. The aftermath of the pandemic is not over, now it is the fear of being controlled by the authorities and the police at any moment.
Many Vietnamese people living illegally in Germany, who have lost all sources of income to pay their debts, are now struggling, worrying about hoarding, and cannot find a way out. “They are the slow blast bombs in Europe.”
The Vietnamese in Germany, good and bad reputation, who have occupied many places in the German media for many years, now have a chance to be mentioned in a rather loud way.
Author is a freelance journalist, existential lives in Berlin, Germany.
