Overview

• The Châlons-en-Champagne court found Anavim’s director and two recruiters guilty of human trafficking during the 2023 harvest.
• The director received a two-year prison term plus a two-year suspended sentence and the recruiters were handed one-year terms with suspended components.
• Judges dissolved the servicing firm Anavim, fined its partner cooperative €75,000 and required the defendants to pay each victim €4,000.
• Victims testified they endured forced labour in makeshift housing without adequate food, water or basic sanitation.
• Defence lawyers have signalled appeals and a separate investigation into Ukrainian seasonal worker housing is set for trial in November 2025.