Overview
- Customs’ Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit inspected seven nail studios and twelve barbershops in Schleswig‑Holstein as part of a federal campaign and reported initial findings from the on-site checks.
- Investigators identified seven people working without required residence permits and opened criminal proceedings against them for suspected illegal stay.
- Authorities launched probes into the cafes’ employers for suspected aiding of illegal stay and illegal employment and opened at least one criminal wage-related proceeding.
- Officers reported identity problems for several workers who either could not prove who they were or showed documents belonging to other people and were taken to police for definitive verification.
- Inspectors also found missing social‑security registration for one worker, eight failures to meet immediate‑notification rules, and three missing working‑time records, with further audits of business records still pending.