customs investigation culminates in €9,000 fine for Aschaffenburg eatery

Restaurant Owner Fined for Aiding Illegal Immigration

A 32-year-old restaurateur in Aschaffenburg, Germany, has been fined €9,000 by the Aschaffenburg Local Court for aiding and abetting illegal residence in three cases. The conviction stems from the employer's three-year employment of Georgian workers who entered the country with forged Slovak passports.

The Main Customs Office Schweinfurt, responsible for Financial Control Black Work, initiated the investigation. The Financial Control Black Work (FKS) at the Main Customs Office Schweinfurt conducts inspections of persons and business records, investigations of criminal and administrative offenses related to black work and illegal employment.

The illegal activity occurred over a period of three years. The successful work of the customs officers was in the Aschaffenburg area. For further questions, interested parties can contact the Main Customs Office Schweinfurt Press Office at Anna-Lena Gernert (Tel.: 09721/6464-1030, Email: [email protected]).

General information about the work of the customs in the field of Financial Control Black Work is available at www.zoll.de. The Main Customs Office Schweinfurt provides more information about its work in the field of Financial Control Black Work on its website. The document related to this case, 20250822_PM_Decision.pdf, is 173 kB in size and can be found on the platform.

Investigations by FKS can take several months or years. The field of activity of FKS ranges from preventive tasks to complex forms of abuse of social benefits and illegal employment. The Main Customs Office Schweinfurt has a press office for media inquiries, with Anna-Lena Gernert serving as the head of the press department and contact person for further information about the work of the Financial Control of Illegal Employment.