Overview

• The head of Anavim was convicted of human trafficking, undeclared work, employing unauthorized foreigners and insufficient remuneration and sentenced to four years in prison, including two years to be served.
• Two recruiters who lured undocumented workers to the 2023 grape harvest were each handed one year of firm imprisonment.
• A mid-September 2023 labor inspection revealed around fifty migrants working more than ten hours daily without pay, subsisting on meagre rations and enduring coercive conditions.
• Authorities shut down the makeshift lodging after finding dangerous electrical wiring, filthy toilets and mattresses laid directly on a renovation floor.
• Unions and civil parties are pressing to integrate enforceable labor and housing standards into Champagne’s appellation rules and to hold lead wine houses accountable.