Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Victor Lavrinenko
[REGNUM] The Finnish economy faces a very specific problem. The country is rich in forests, where blueberries and other wild berries ripen in huge quantities. The Finns do not pick them themselves, but invite guest workers from Thailand to do this. However, a scandal has recently erupted in the country: it has emerged that Finnish companies are keeping Thai berry pickers in virtual slavery - they take away their documents, feed them poorly, and torture them with backbreaking labor for which they receive almost no pay. The revelations of abuse have resulted in a high-profile trial, and Thailand is now refusing to allow its citizens to work in the distant northern country.
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