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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,033 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.

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€14,584Largest single case: Beautiful City (Pty) Ltd
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10 Sep 2025 Beautiful City (Pty) LtdHuman trafficking and child labour: fine for Beautiful City factory South AfricaForced and child labour €14,584

On 10 September 2025 the High Court in Johannesburg fined Beautiful City (Pty) Ltd, a factory making cotton fibre products in Village Deep (Johannesburg), 300,000 ZAR. A joint inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour (labour ministry), the police and the Department of Home Affairs (home affairs ministry) in November 2019 had found mainly foreign workers without residence rights, including minors, on locked premises; the court noted, among other things, wages below the national minimum wage, failure to register with the Compensation Fund and the UIF, and an unsafe workplace.

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Forced labour, child labour and human trafficking in manufacturing

Authority / court
High Court Johannesburg (Gauteng) (Ermittlungen u. a. Department of Employment and Labour)
Area of law
Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
Legal basis
Straftatbestände Menschenhandel, Beihilfe zum Menschenhandel, Schuldknechtschaft und Nutznießung aus Menschenhandel; Verstöße gegen Vorschriften zu Unemployment Insurance Fund, Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, National Minimum Wage und Occupational Health and Safety; Beihilfe zum illegalen Aufenthalt (laut Department of Employment and Labour, ohne Paragrafenangaben)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
Liability of senior managers
Measures against individuals are not set out here.
Published
10 Sep 2025

Original amount 300,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2025.

Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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