A car garage has expertly converted 60 to 70 cars for a gang of human traffickers so that ‘overloading’ is not so noticeable. Air springs were mounted on the rear axle and the windows were darkened. You should have earned something extra. This means imprisonment for the workshop owners – not legally binding!
What do you do if your own car repair shop doesn’t really get off the ground because the loan isn’t enough for a second vehicle lift? Definitely not what a 37 year old from Vienna and a 31 year old from Romania did. They specialized in converting cars – for tractors. And ended up in court in Eisenstadt as members of a criminal organization!
Installed air springs and darkened windows
Namely those in which 18 people from the “lower level” – so drivers – and a team leader had already been sentenced to several years in prison. And this team leader chattered. Described that air springs were fitted in the workshop in Burgenland to relieve the rear axle to hide the “state of full overload”. The windows between the driver’s cab and cargo area of most small vans were blacked out.
And according to the indictment, they were responsible for the general maintenance of the tractor fleet. Lawyers Rudolf Mayer and Peter Philipp agree that “a rare case of otherwise orderly auto repair shops”.
The Viennese and Romanian were each sentenced to 32 months in prison, which is not legally binding.
Source: Krone
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