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Organised crime is infiltrating care sector, exploiting vulnerable clients
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Several small care organisations in Twente forced their vulnerable clients – often troubled youngsters or people with psychological or addiction issues – to work on marijuana plantations and even trafficked them for sex, according to a new report published on behalf of the healthcare ministry.
The organisations, often one-person operated companies with a few clients, offered different types of care, including sheltered work programme for groups and individuals, and one offered sheltered housing. They were financed via local authorities and individual care budgets.
‘Many of the clients came from closed communities and often had an ethnic minority background,’ the report said. ‘Respondents stress that these people are more sensitive to false promises and manipulation.’