Investigation into Romanian slave drivers cost £1.3m

A ‘complex’ investigation into a Romanian crime family who made a fortune keeping at least 26 slave labourers in a terraced house cost more than £1.3m. Their victims were promised £50 a day to work in the construction industry with free food and accommodation. But once they were crammed into the slums run by 62-year-old Vasile Dragoi – dubbed the ‘big boss’ – and his family, their wages were withheld and they were presented with bogus bills. Their identification documents…