After six years of investigations and police searches in Belgium and in Weiswampach, the Jost inquiry into suspicions of trafficking in drivers, labour code breaches and links to a criminal organisation is close to being concluded.

, the company's managing director Roland Jost has accepted a fine of €30m, of which €27m have been deposited directly to the social security system, as well as a six-month suspended prison sentence for the entrepreneur and two of his employees.

RTBF mentions “tens of millions of euros embezzled and degrading treatment of many truckers from Eastern European countries, including about 900 Romanian drivers”. The extent of the damage is unknown, although Roberto Parrillo, the general manager of CSC Transcom, puts the figure as high as €200m.

In Luxembourg, trade union LCGB had challenged the ITM (inspectorate of labour and mines) for not having detected the social dumping practices attributed to the Luxembourg carrier.

The final decision is subject to an agreement by the council chamber in December.

This story was first published in French on . It has been translated and edited for Delano.