secrets lie behind these discovered new adventures in 360 degrees and explore fascinating boats. heritage dw world heritage 360. now to the heart of champagne. yes, the national, you can see there's money here. major champagne brands are enjoying record sales, but the people at the other end of the value chain face of very different feed problem. i got, i worked for 4 days to the left without paying exploitation. human trafficking slaves like labor reports because you, when i think how it used to be where we are today, all because of profits, it makes me say something in champagne, you're affluence, is just opposed with abject poverty or so when you see this,

you must stop it looks to be the, the town of at the ne, in northeastern france, the center of the world's famous champagne industry. so, 5th avenue edition, sonya levin shall probably know it is. most of the big brands are here. rather schmidt, stephanie van gas, and e shaka nice belonged to an international collective of journalists there in sometime here for the harvest season to investigate what's behind the industry's glamorous facade. so the fancy buildings, well, it's clearly affluent. as many of the major champagne brands are backed by

large corporations, luxury conglomerates and investors business is booming in 2020 to the industry. so record turnover of more than 6000000000 euros to maintain these profits. someone 100000 seasonal workers are needed for the great harvest every year. and they look at the crates and they've, with us the level where they put the groups as well are missing. yes. is supported by journalism funds, europe. the reporters are researching a story. they hope to publish in german and french media, investigating whether there is illegal exploitation and human trafficking image champagne industry. students, how they work. they do a very strenuous, allegedly, some people aren't adequately paid. the is also a buckle like to multi point of therapy in cases of people house and terrible conditions. visual, of course, this isn't the norm, but it does happen us,

but i really didn't. and yet we want to see exactly what's going on and it was sort of a tasking excuse, plastic victim. yeah. because because you only lots of people who come here from eastern europe, africa, and asia don't know their rights. he couldn't spell it. and sometimes if they don't dare defend themselves against abuses or see that because i'm or if you g, i knew i, i've seen their situation as the do not have a civil income and that's why they are ready to do any kind of job. then october photographer, i journalist the i would like to tell you the story. the reporters have no idea that this hard, the season will mark a milestone with hundreds of new cases of exploitation and human traffic and coming to light to begin. and they want to find out more about the actual grape harvest on the bay, not families,

champagne estate. the worst day begins before dawn. don't go with me, shall be not married a wine maker 30 years ago. she helped out in the kitchen during harvest season. these days it's a thriving family business and she's in charge of the great picking teams to seek to you. the hard list is hard work. the press has to be fed. grapes have to be picked off, so please, no one is here to sit around to see show they want to harvest, harvest harvest factory up to you. the polish workers are already waiting outside. they're directly employed by the family and live here on the grounds. in this, there are 9 of them here, so there are 14 others in another building with awesome. everyone prepares their lunch here to take to the vineyards. this year the harvest starts in

early september, when temperatures can still reach over 40 degrees celsius. as the sun rises, the work begins. each of the harvest workers will take several 100 kilos of grades today. well, me show, make sure there aren't too many leaves in the crates. the reporters ask the workers how they cope with the heat. we finished work earlier because the sun was the burning hours king. what's about your bag for less hours of work it's it hurts but to some of us take medicine or have a different way for a buck. bang. daria is a student. this is her 2nd hard the season with a big, not a family. others have been doing it for more than 10 years and take time off from their actual jobs to come. that much want it in 10 days. it's for fall into it's too much like it's yeah,

you can count on that much money in 10 days. on a good slope. darya can earn more than 150 euros a day. the prospect of a decent wage like this is attractive. many wine growers now outsource the harvesting to service providers that recruit and manage teams at 4 and workers. me shows a now prefers to do it all herself, even though it's sometimes hard to communicate with the workers to home because i just, the service providers are useful. for instance, i don't speak any polish and the workers don't speak french, so to speak english. but otherwise we communicate with gestures. so i prefer to have my own teams much preferable. if you work with a service provider, you need to ask how the people are being accommodated and where and under what conditions. the winemaker has seen outsourcing grow over the years as major brands want to maximize profits, but she still stays true to her way. i'm happy there,

beautiful grapes. my son can work well with ease college. nearby, her son, charlotte awaiting the harvest. he studied city culture before taking over the estate. this is his 3rd harvest season. this is where i take over as soon as the grapes arrive, we start the press. yup. and then we make one and it takes 4 tons for one load. the young winemaker has plans to improve the vineyard, as according to the law or regulating champagne production, the grapes have to be hand picked to avoid any damage. we want to plant ivy and fruit treats with you can't only think in terms of profit water with a heat right now when the harvest workers want to take a break, there is no shape and bush, so it's a project that's close to my heart. so that's where i'm going on,

so it's not what he can do. but not everyone has such a wholesome approach. the main producers have financial goals to meet and around 2 thirds of the harvest go to the big brands. industry leader l v in h produces more than $70000000.00 bottles a year. so they know as goals are more modest, he's happy with the 70000 bottles there hoping to produce we went out into the cold to prune the vice scott on the tractor to attend to them . it took time and energy, and in the end we got something great because we won't be drinking this wind for another 4 or 5 years. so you need to bear that in mind to see the 1st bay. now champagne overseen from start to finish by shows will be ready later in 2024. but there's already a reason to celebrate. oh no, we've started the last press. so now we can take a deep breath with

a toast to end the day. one of the ones who type of college on either another day done 14000 kilos, picked 1.3 heck, tears processed everything went well. well, so it's a deficit. so here's, do you know, most of them here's to you all think many one, growers and brand stick to the rules. but there are also some black sheep in the industry back in may. and we've heard that people arrive at the station looking for work and the harvest by best when they sleep in the park outside and wait for sub contractors to come along and offer them weren't expected that all he's for the whole lives. how about hardly anyone here wants to speak out against a sub contractors? finally, someone agrees to talk to us. you see true, what are you waiting for? what is your thought? the 12 by i'm looking for work a deal. are you expecting sub contractors?

yes. deals that have you been offered to work on your legs on? yes, but for 50 or 60 euros a day or so. i won't do that. it's not enough. but the use of lived in lee is he's here because he needs the money. we always have you ever had problems before then ways yeah, yes. 2 or 3 times people came along. i went with one of them works for 4 days and then he left without paying on my cards. not so it goes. that's how it works here. use it is holding out for a decent offer until then. he'll sleep here in the park back in the vineyards, a team from the powerful french trade union. c g t has come to show solidarity with the workers c g

t general secretary, subbing delaney is a trained nurse. now she's fighting for the rights of seasonal workers. take on to the press book there. consider them if there's a code of silence. we don't know how many people are affected by yourself, or maybe it's only a few cases. but even one case is one to many problems. so don't know who to the front of our job is to make sure that nobody is employed here under slavery like conditions while you're from discovery during the harvest season. the c g t team is in the vineyards every day, speaking with a great pickers posted on it. we're here to talk to the harvest workers and been sick because the trouble is they won't talk, they won't say anything of them. they're afraid of losing their jobs. no one talks in the vineyards for her. there's also a language barrier. there we don't mean where do you sleep in terms of thunder,

a tar bullen to the english into the longer. so let's assume goes, was it the language barrier is a big problem and i'm still we give them the leaflets so they can read them, pack them perhaps with the help of some of the french who can explain to them why we're here. pointed out, if they do have problems, they only come to us after the grape harvest to them when they need more information. the. this group of bulgarians also works for service provider. the fields belong to a large producer, shift the boss, and they put a young over them if there are problems. and here's our phone number. yeah, give us a call and we'll answer all your questions. i'll look into problem the sound of just call. here's our number, we will answer your questions. i will get to where do you sleep?

uh, body body harris. you're going back to paris in the evening here. yes. 100 kilometers on the legally, the workers have to have an 11 hour break between shifts. the union is suspect, this rule isn't being observed, but the c g t is not an official investigating authority to complete the complicated just yet. the boss says he's going to drive 100 kilometers to spend the night somewhere and come back the next day you will be under the. we don't know if it's a 100 kilometers, are more likely only the workers can say to organ. he can only find out if they're being cheated, if they come to us, well, we can't just guess what's happening up on, you know, on a coupon. but it's up to the laborers themselves to report problems. the only labor inspectors and

police can take action against exploitation in the vineyards. but both declined our interview with quest. the. the reporters turn to the corporation of champagne. one, growers which comprises several 1000 medium sized wine growers. joseph gunnar, thanks for seeing us. especially as something of course please don't pan is the winemaker himself and has been active in the association for years . why we need to be don't play out. we bring the wine growers together and host events where various issues are flagged. it's usually such as working conditions or social issues and the other official matters are the nissan altima gifts. cool. what can you tell us about service providers? i don't know if it's, well, there are lots of small businesses and shop on. yeah. with assume that kind of sometimes hard for them to find workers you don't care for and it's becoming increasingly difficult to recruits people locally. that's why we've seen an

increase in outsourcing and recent years. go to tell us the process, you know, for the look at it because we provide information on this, on the company construction. if adults the shooting the assaults that you have about. so when you work with a service provider, you have to follow certain rules and make sure you check everything on the sites. is an order of the restaurant to speak the concord? i think 3, april 2 is the awareness of the conditions paper work in the show. it seems the same problems arise year after year on any you're supposed to just, i wouldn't say every year on those to the grape harvest is a lucrative business. it's a little a to model and unfortunately the trucks, sometimes dishonest people who made the, fortunately, but it was more a big okay. after we finish filming the wine makers present several proposals. there is to be more accommodation for workers. the work should be better organized and above all stricter rules should apply to the service providers. whether this

will actually come to be remains to be seen shows a blown go, has worked in the champagne industry for 36 years. today. he's a trade unionist and tackles the exploitation of workers by sub contractors. he starts work early when one parties, most of them aren't even earning a 100 zeros a day. they get between 40 and 50 years. that's below the going rate. is always the over the years and entire system has evolved here with the support of the industry. and the authorities simply look the other way. you tell me these documents, no one will be happy that we're digging around. these reports to their book, we're going to, you know, start up using the don't see that van over there. it's just arrive. but again, talk to me, then we'll feel the people are watching subsidy. they know we're here in

the course of his campaign against exploitation shows that he has met the minister of labor and been in touch with the local politicians about visiting the vineyards . this work makes them a target. he and the reporters are clearly under observation. it's a french license plates, a local one. what does this guy want about the only watching us? yes, the he's on the phone. they keep an eye on all the time. shows a is undeterred. he knows that some of the sub contractors come to this car park to recruit workers. i'm going to wait. you can see the buses arriving here from various places and also from parents. definitely and dropping people off looking for work in the vineyards. the so the no one dropped off here stays with the wind growers. otherwise they'd be taken directly to

the vineyards in don't coast that. ok, that's a long commute. natalia post absolutely. on that some of been traveling for 2 hours . now they're waiting to see where they will be sent. josie polanko is convinced that some of the subcontractors are part of the organized criminal networks. okay, the best sense, so there are people orchestrating it all the video. oh yeah, and it's a team leader so to speak. and the supervisor is full or this, shall we go over and talk to them, you know, call me i'd rather not easy for them. it's all well organized and super. it is so big. so i'm worried about my safety a recent case showed that criminal activity does indeed exist after seasonal

workers reported a sub contractor network. the service provider was convicted of human trafficking in 2022. of the stuff assessing in due to this is one of the photos published in the local press it over here. you can see workers sleeping on mattress on the floor so. so the matter though, most of them were asylum seekers and putting them on to that. in real time, the journalist shot a nice knows how powerless people can feel. in such situations. he fled from afghanistan, defense himself after being in touch with one of the seasonal workers from the court case for a while. you shocked me some for an interview in paris. for to an advisor of is also from afghanistan. this is the 1st time since the ruling that he's speaking publicly about, the criminal network that exploited him and drug with the we were told that we'd

have a room for 2 people who knew that everything was clean and tidy and that there would be food. not meet them when we got there, everything was different, but there was only one big room or add ons, no beds, and no mattresses. i never shrink whenever we slept on the floor. you've got to send them and you didn't sign any contracts that when we applied for the job, they didn't give us a contract. number. i work for 5 days without a contract, goes up. by then i told them if you don't give me a contract, i won't work here anymore. that's why i called the police it, i mean the mission. okay. tell me more about the working conditions. got a feeling that the work was very hard. we worked until just before midnight. now, in the morning we got up around 5 or 6. like there were $36.00 people and one

rooms and there was only one toilet fast enough. but within that, the user these days, if i to live that cfo has a job with a proper contract in paris, his statements resulted in the biggest case of human trafficking and champagne year to date. many of the of gun workers were represented by a lawyer based in the city of loans. bullshit, marshall used to take part in the great harvest as a student himself, a lot has changed since then. not known as eustace. nobody's reached. the court is right in the middle of the region. they only know, and now it's also dealing with this industry in activity. they couldn't measure. it's a major economic factor here, which you know, that is going to be that cool, but we weren't used to dealing with it in a criminal court, the not casa. and then we heard a case that turned out to be huge. pointed to natalie. the lawyer agrees

to talk about it. he says that even now more than a year after the ruling, many questions remain unanswered. dates on posts excerpts unit. it was an extraordinary trial and more fully spend one point in your but in terms of the outcome. it was extremely frustrating to the next 10. first class you just a moment was able, the verdict was frustrating. visual 9 going on. these on trump and uh, we saw a very large champagne brand that outsourced to a sub contractor, which in turn notes sourced to another sub contractor. uh, i know it took like associated potential and so he's the court looked at the 2nd and 3rd levels through a cable she buckled, but at the top of the pyramid. oh, look you up with someone who was supposed to supervise the grape harvest on behalf of the big champagne brand, who we need on the ocean. this person slipped through the naturally made this last look sort of we didn't do,

you get the impression that an industry and some important players were being protected like the measure. next, whether there's somebody, odds and regions is relies to a large extent on wine growing like that know the best on patient. don't think of the folks, you know, you can't help thinking the case targeted. the people doing the enforcing usually the whole not those giving the orders may happen more than y'all don't. this of course does not apply to the whole industry but evidence against them. sub contractors is piling up back in the vineyard. this young man who works for a sub contractor of a major champagne producer wants to remain anonymous. i'm too afraid of his statement. sounds familiar. i received no contact from all nothings and what was about to close today. so the one in the room for the little cuz sometimes who gets along sometimes have you list some guy into good

faith, like 400 zeros for workings 10 days. you live in this for the same guy you're working for or for another thing that i got on the reporters here, similar accounts over the following days. the image of sean han yet has been tarnished, says trade unionists shows a blanco. it's high time to stop exploitative sub contractors. he says in the interest of big brands as rival products, such as a tally and pros. seco are becoming more popular just boss of the legal for you. we hope that the employers, especially the main brands, will sit down together and put it into this flight. the software for the, for the sake of the image and the future of champagne. what i don't know who default we're fighting for our jobs. our industry for our region utilize, you know, call your shows a blonde go,

was born and jump on you and worked in the industry for decades. his own son works in the vineyards during the harvest. he maintains, there's been systematic exploitation for a long time. inadequate accommodation for workers is one issue on another camp, semi legal, let it on. yeah. last year they put labels on the done events just now this year. there are stickers for separated trash cancer subject, which means they've been provided by the municipality of pac on a 2 morning. that means every one of them, they are the unit supposed association, and the municipality is in fact, tensor officially forbidden. in this part of champ, anya, yet illegal comes to be found all along the roadside up in the forest. the conditions are especially shocking and informative tools you'll say, together with your colleagues know as don't say, let's just say wants to see for himself. know where you are. that looks like a bench and table problems resolutely unconditioned steps to. so it's

a proper account. there was a cam here, but now everyone's gone. looks good with the completed on the account they're looking for is believe to be further north once before i think we have to go past the vineyard. all right, let's go through what we, what they find, what they're looking for at the edge of the forest makes shift tens. no toilet, no water connection, multiple plugs in wet grass shows a is outraged problem, but she's running or even after a long day in the vineyard is in the rain. imagine coming back in the evening to conditions like this with catastrophic motion. is there a wild boars? and these, for the most part, i can just see them dropping by in the evening. this will get or for. it also looks like there are children living here. suddenly a woman appears with her daughter. they don't want to be filmed

way. okay, that's okay. we won't from what's the boss is name. i don't know. we've only been here for 2 or 3 days. big is everything. okay. my husband is going to work and i'm here with my daughter. do you work in the vineyards too? yes. while the men wait, stephanie listens to the woman's story. a to z. let them any. she's from romania. she came here with her husband and the rest of her family or somebody. yeah. and they were promised proper accommodation with the toilet. but when they arrive on the x, there was nothing here. you know how they did what it did she days went on to that? that's human trafficking. absolutely. that's a good human traffic. i'll call the labor department, and that's how it works. and jump on the and that's how it works here. we condemn it off. but this isn't about the union. this is about these people,

not cities or wherever they are from their human beings. we can't allow this to happen though. it has to stop after we finish filming the reporters, the footage of people in catastrophic accommodation given in edible food. it's clear that these are no isolated cases. by the end of the season, hundreds of new victims of modern slavery have been discovered with ongoing investigations into unpaid wages, totaling millions and 2 new cases of human trafficking. a sorry indictment of one of the richest regions in the world, the securing evidence to convict the changes in south africa. poaching is the business

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