# Linglong International Europe LLC, Zrenjanin

A tyre factory in Zrenjanin that received 96 hectares of land from the state free of charge, plus €83.5 million in state aid. Around 500 Vietnamese workers on its construction site lived in barracks, with their passports taken from them; Linglong says they were hired by a contractor. In 2025 US Customs banned imports of its tyres, citing evidence of nine indicators of forced labour, which Linglong calls completely incomprehensible. Prosecutors in Zrenjanin are examining a criminal complaint alleging human trafficking.

## Affairs

- [Linglong granted permit despite hazardous chemicals](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/linglong-dozvole-hemikalije): It built parts of the factory without a permit, so an inspector closed part of the construction site, and it did not report hazardous chemicals until 2025.
- [Vietnamese workers at the Linglong factory in Zrenjanin](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/linglong-zrenjanin): According to a US Customs order, workers at its factory are subject to indicators of forced labour, including the confiscation of documents

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/linglong  
As of: 5 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)