Beesley, who worked for Contact Industrial Recruitment, took a cut from the profit made by the
gangmaster.
Both men had pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an unlicensed
gangmaster last month, and Beesley also admitted conspiracy to commit fraud by abuse of position.
Criminal
gangmasters have become smarter in their exploitation of vulnerable people, evading detection and making it seem as though everything is legitimate and above board to the untrained eye.
"They happen anywhere." The latest tactic used by so-called "
gangmasters" is to lure people to the North East with the promise of a better life.
Officers arrested Varga at his address last September as part of a joint investigation between West Midlands Police, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and
Gangmaster and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).
The case involved illegal shellfish gathering following a joint investigation by the
Gangmaster's Licensing Authority and North Wales Police.
TEN major criminal probes are going on across Scotland in the hunt for illegal
gangmasters.
In a statement, Mr Feje's friend Zslot Szenti told how Mr Feje used cannabis and legal highs during his time working under the
gangmaster, known to them as "Kacsa", which means "duck" in Hungarian.
According to the Salvation Army, more than two fifths of adults they support who have fallen victim to trafficking are men, many of whom have been used by
gangmaster firms.
A MAN has been arrested after an investigation into unlicensed
gangmasters operating in Wirral.
XLTEC Recruitment Ltd acted as a "
gangmaster" without a licence from September 2008 to June 2009.