Undeclared work: The truck drivers who shouldn't exist

Presumably, thousands of truck drivers are driving illegally on German roads. This harms the industry, the government, and themselves. Why can't the authorities get the problem under control?

It's still dark when the officers arrive in northern Duisburg. From the courtyard of the industrial park, they descend a staircase into a basement, a narrow hallway, brownish tiles, and a musty smell everywhere. Doors lead left and right, behind them a filthy kitchen and a room with numerous single beds. A camera crew from the WDR program "Westpol" is there as part of a joint investigation with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. On the beds lie sports bags containing underwear, T-shirts, and a few personal belongings. This is what the ten or so men the officers will be questioning here in the next few minutes have brought with them. The men who were promised a good life in Germany.