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the victims have testified that they were promised work in this country but were subsequently threatened and beaten when they arrived here. They also claimed they were forced to live in squalor and had to look for food in trashcans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018ED\u2019, the man identified by the prosecution as the \u2018kingpin\u2019 of the affair, has repeatedly claimed in court that the victims were fully aware their identity would be misused for criminal purposes and therefore they were never trafficked, but were \u2018partners in crime\u2019. He\u2019s also admitted to helping up to 1,000 Romanians falsely obtain Danish personal identity cards (CPR) with forged employment contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article on the Danish news site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.b.dk\/nationalt\/13-personer-doemt-i-danmarks-stoerste-sag-om-menneskehandel\"> b.dk here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr.dk\/nyheder\/indland\/hvepsebo-dom-12-udvist-i-danmarkshistoriens-stoerste-sag-om-menneskehandel\">dr.dk here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a good story? 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