Nail salon manager convicted of human trafficking in North Zealand: three years' imprisonment
Eight Vietnamese women were forced to work in nail salons in Hørsholm and Farum. It is the first conviction for human trafficking outside the prostitution environment.
Historic conviction for human trafficking in nail salons
The court in Helsingør established on Tuesday that eight Vietnamese women were victims of human trafficking at two nail salons in North Zealand. It is the first conviction of its kind outside the prostitution environment, according to Politiken.
The women were lured to Denmark from Vietnam and held under difficult conditions at salons in Hørsholm and Farum. Working days exceeded 12 hours, and the manager controlled the women's bank accounts directly.
The wages amounted to between 5,000 and 7,300 kroner per month and were transferred to the women's families in their home country.
Tu Nuong Nguyen, a 39-year-old Vietnamese national and manager of Fashion Nails, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and is to be deported from Denmark with a permanent entry ban.
Her elder sister and her former partner are found guilty of human exploitation under a different paragraph of the criminal code. Both are sentenced to one year and six months' imprisonment.
Source: Politiken