Lapland District Court handed down its verdict in Finland's largest-ever human trafficking case on Monday.
The victims in the trial were dozens of migrant berry pickers from Thailand.
The main defendant, the former chief executive of berry company Polarica, Jukka Kristo, was handed a two-and-a-half-year prison term, while his business partner Kalyakorn "Durian" Phongphit received a nine-month jail sentence.
Phongphit had acted as the company's Thai coordinator.
The court found both of the defendants guilty of 78 counts of human trafficking.
The district court also banned Kristo from conducting business for a period of five years, and ordered him to forfeit his military rank.
Kristo, Phongphit and Polarica were also ordered to pay the victims 500,000 euros in compensation for suffering and financial loss.
The court also ordered Polarica to pay a fine of 150,000 euros.
However, the district court's ruling is not yet legally binding as the case can still be taken to appeal.
The prosecutor had demanded that Kristo and Phongphit each serve five-year prison sentences. The defendants both denied any wrongdoing in court.
The court said that as it considered the sentencing, it took Phongphit's earlier prison term into account. Last autumn, Lapland District Court sentenced Phongphit to three years in prison. During that trial, the court also handed Vernu Vasunta, the CEO of berry firm Kiantama, a 3.5-year prison term after finding them both guilty of 62 counts of aggravated human trafficking.
