Modern Slavery in the European Transport Industry, Ukraine War and Refugee Crisis

Already since 2020, the industry association Camion Pro e.V. and Camion Pro international (Switzerland), together with Professor Ki-Hoon Lee from Griffith University, Sydney, and Dr Wolfram Groschopf from the Institute for Transport Economics and Logistics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, have conducted several studies on modern slavery and working conditions in the European transport industry and their influence on supply chains. In addition, a current study sheds light on the situation of refugee truck drivers against the backdrop of the Ukraine war.

At the press conference and the subsequent symposium on the topic of

Modern slavery in the European transport industry,
Ukraine war and refugee crisis

On 26 April 2022 in Munich, which will be broadcast simultaneously online, the responsible persons will present the results of their studies. During the symposium, representatives from politics, business, authorities and trade unions will also comment on the study results.

To the german version: https://camionpro.de/blog/Symposium2022Muenchen

We cordially invite you to the

Press conference

on 26 April 2022, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Marriott Hotel Munich, Berliner Straße 93, 80805 München

with

• • Wolfram Groschopf, Lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  • Margit Fink, Lawyer, Europe and Labour Law at SGP Rechtsanwälte, Neu-Ulm
  • Andreas Mossyrsch, Board of Directors of Berufsverband Camion Pro e.V.

and to

Symposium and panel discussion

on 26 April 2022, 10:00 - 12:30 with buffet afterwards.

Marriott Hotel Munich, Berliner Straße 93, 80805 München

with

• • Ismail Ertug, Member of the European Parliament
  • Wolfram Groschopf, Lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
  • Raymond Lausberg, Chief Inspector and Head of the Transport Group of the Highway Police in Battice, Belgium
  • Andreas Mossyrsch, Board of Directors of Berufsverband Camion Pro e.V., human rights activist, investigative journalist
  • Stefan Thyroke, Head of the Section for Freight Forwarding, Logistics, Courier, Express and Parcel Services at ver.di Germany
  • Margit Fink, Lawyer, European and Labour Law at SGP Rechtsanwälte Neu-Ulm
  • Professor Ki-Hoon Lee, Chair of Sustainability Management, Griffith University Sydney/Australia
  • N., Generalzolldirektion Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit (requested)

Please register for the face-to-face event by Friday, 22 April 2022 at: https://www.xing.com/events/3881949

The event is held hybrid, i.e. you can participate in the face-to-face event on site or online (interactively).

You can also follow the event online without registering at https://www.facebook.com/CamionPro or https://www.youtube.com/c/CamionProeV.

We look forward to your participation.

With kind regards

Andreas Mossyrsch

Board of Directors Camion Pro e.V.

About the studies

Since 2020, Camion Pro has been in contact via social media with several thousand truck drivers from Ukraine and Belarus, some of whom are significantly affected by exploitation and illegal employment in Germany.

Together with Professor Ki-Hoon Lee from Griffith University, Sydney, and Dr Wolfram Groschopf, Institute for Transport Economics and Logistics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Camion Pro 2020 has prepared a study entitled "Modern slavery and working conditions in the European trucking industry - a growing threat to supply chain", which will soon be published by the scientific publisher Springer Nature.

Together with these experts, Camion Pro prepared another, more in-depth study in 2021, which focused particularly on the mechanisms of exploitation by Eastern European haulage companies. Specifically, this second study examined the conditions with regard to human rights and the rule of law using the example of over 1000 truck drivers employed by Lithuanian haulage companies.

In parallel, the industry association spent several weeks in the Baltic States conducting on-site research. Camion Pro confronted Lithuanian trade unions, employers' associations, labour lawyers, drivers and companies with the research results. Their opinions were also included in the study.

Due to the war in Ukraine, the studies take on a special significance, as many Ukrainian drivers are among the refugees. The association has therefore conducted another study together with the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration on the situation of refugees and their integration opportunities with German transport companies.

The results of the studies and research show that we in Germany and Western Europe are not only affected by social dumping, but have a serious problem with modern slavery on our motorways and at the loading ramps. This will be the content of the symposium and the subsequent panel discussion.

Press contact:

Andreas Mossyrsch

Board of Camion Pro e.V. Germany

Camion Pro e.V., professional association for companies in the transport industry

Leopoldstrasse 244

80807 Munich

Phone: +49 89 3160597-0

Fax:+49 89 3160597-10

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About Camion Pro

Camion Pro e.V. was founded in March 2001 as a non-commercial association and protective association and has been an official association for the transport industry since August 2003. As a protective association, Camion Pro e.V. has made it its task to represent the rights and interests of its members/the transport industry and to take aggressive action against the abuses of the industry, also in the European area.

In addition to its mission as a protective association, Camion Pro e.V. has since its foundation developed into an all-round organisation and purchasing association that offers its members numerous organisational, commercial and financially beneficial services.