A court on Tuesday sentenced
five Romanian nationals of the Roma ethnicity to prison for
enslavement.
The court found the defendants guilty of forcing 20 disabled
people to panhandle and beating them up if they didn't make at
least 30 euros a day.
The sentences ranged from three years four months to 10
years eight months.
The court acquitted two defendants in the case.
Another six suspects are being tried in a different court
on the same charges.
A seventh suspect is still at large.
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