Investigators warn that low-cost manicures in Berlin and across German cities are often sustained by labor exploitation and human trafficking networks, particularly involving Vietnamese workers.
Author: Anastasia Tikhomirova
Anastasia Tikhomirova has been a trainee at ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE since 2024. Until 2024, she was a working student at ZEIT ONLINE and a freelance contributor to taz, Tagesspiegel, and other publications. She is an alumna of the 2021 Marion Countess Dönhoff Fellowship of the International Journalism Programs, which she completed at Novaya Gazeta in Moscow. In 2023, Medium Magazin selected her as one of the top 30 journalists under 30 in Germany. She holds a Master’s degree in East European Studies and Interdisciplinary Antisemitism Research from Berlin. Previously, she studied Cultural Studies and Philosophy.