The operation, codenamed 'Naturke', began in January following several joint inspections with the Labor and Social Security Inspectorate. Agents from the Unit against Immigration Networks and Document Forgery (UCRIF) found five Pakistani citizens without residence permits working in exploitative conditions at the premises.
Working conditions included grueling shifts without rest days, wages significantly below the legal minimum, and an environment of insults, threats, and constant surveillance via cameras. These practices took advantage of the workers' vulnerability, as they were in an irregular administrative situation in Spain.
The economic amounts demanded by the investigated individual in exchange for facilitating rootedness in Spain and an employment contract, with the aim of obtaining administrative regularization, ranged between 6,000 and 8,000 euros.
The investigation also revealed that the detainee registered foreign citizens at properties he owned or rented, even though they did not actually reside there. This practice aimed to facilitate the necessary rootedness for administrative regularization, allegedly in exchange for money or through labor exploitation at his businesses located in El Puerto, Prado del Rey, Bornos, and Puerto Serrano.
Furthermore, it was discovered that some registered foreigners, despite being in a regular situation, were listed as registered with Social Security at the investigated businesses without performing actual work. Conversely, other irregular citizens worked at the establishments without being registered. The five Pakistani workers were arrested for violating the Immigration Law and faced expulsion proceedings, while the businessman is charged with crimes against workers' rights and facilitating irregular immigration.
