07:58 AM EDT, 09/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Signs that a gang forced 16 victims to work at either McDonald's (MCD) or a factory that supplied bread products to major supermarkets were missed for years, the BBC reported Monday.

Several signs of forced labor, including paying the wages of four men into one bank account, were not identified over the four years that the victims from the Czech Republic were exploited, according to the report.

Six members of a human trafficking network from the Czech Republic have been convicted in two criminal trails that were delayed due to the Covid pandemic, the BBC reported.

McDonald's did not immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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