arrested for "not cooperating". Perhaps that's against the law there and one can be compelled to cooperate in a general way.

I'm more curious about how they paid rent for a decade, without contact with the outside world (e.g. a job-->salary). And how did this man pay for his five beers?

There's an interesting story here, but to my American mind I don't see evidence of a crime unless some were being held against their will.