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Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« on: September 02, 2010, 03:42:20 PM »
loco - Not directly related to illegal immigration, but does show an attempt to deal with employers. 

Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on Hawaii, Washington farms
By Associated Press

POSTED: 10:44 a.m. HST, Sep 02, 2010

A newly unsealed federal indictment accuses six people of exploiting the labor of about 400 workers from Thailand, forcing them to work on farms in Hawaii and Washington state.

The indictment unsealed today charges six people in the human trafficking conspiracy involving Los Angeles-based recruiting company Global Horizons Manpower Inc. They're charged with five counts that come with maximum sentences reaching up to 70 years in prison.

The indictment alleges the defendants lured the workers with false promises of lucrative jobs and kept them working with threats of economic harm.

It claims the defendants confiscated the Thai workers' passports, failed to honor their employment contracts and threatened to deport them.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/102097173.html#axzz0yPgCvPXH
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2010, 08:36:14 PM »
Recruitment firm's CEO arrested in Honolulu in human-trafficking case
By Associated Press
POSTED: 02:14 p.m. HST, Sep 03, 2010

The head of a labor recruiting company accused of exploiting 400 workers from Thailand and forcing them to work on U.S. farms is under arrest.

FBI Special Agent Tom Simon said Los Angeles-based Global Horizons Manpower Inc. CEO Mordechai Orian surrendered Friday at his attorney's office in Honolulu. The FBI had attempted to arrest Orian at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Orian, three of his employees and two Thailand-based recruiters were charged in an indictment announced Thursday.

The FBI says it is the largest human-trafficking case ever charged in U.S. history.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/102193299.html
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2010, 08:41:02 PM »
Quote from: Beach Bum on September 02, 2010, 03:42:20 PM
loco - Not directly related to illegal immigration, but does show an attempt to deal with employers. 

Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on Hawaii, Washington farms
By Associated Press

POSTED: 10:44 a.m. HST, Sep 02, 2010

A newly unsealed federal indictment accuses six people of exploiting the labor of about 400 workers from Thailand, forcing them to work on farms in Hawaii and Washington state.

The indictment unsealed today charges six people in the human trafficking conspiracy involving Los Angeles-based recruiting company Global Horizons Manpower Inc. They're charged with five counts that come with maximum sentences reaching up to 70 years in prison.

The indictment alleges the defendants lured the workers with false promises of lucrative jobs and kept them working with threats of economic harm.

It claims the defendants confiscated the Thai workers' passports, failed to honor their employment contracts and threatened to deport them.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/102097173.html#axzz0yPgCvPXH

how can six people force 400 people to work
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2010, 08:42:43 PM »
Quote from: Schweppes on September 03, 2010, 08:41:02 PM
how can six people force 400 people to work

Forced labor, slavery, etc. has always involved a few controlling many. 
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2010, 08:49:44 PM »
Quote from: Beach Bum on September 03, 2010, 08:42:43 PM
Forced labor, slavery, etc. has always involved a few controlling many. 

didnt know the ratios were that extreme  :o

i should go into the slavery business
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2010, 08:52:24 PM »
Quote from: Schweppes on September 03, 2010, 08:49:44 PM
didnt know the ratios were that extreme  :o

i should go into the slavery business

Good work if you can get it.   :)  You could always move to India or the Middle East and get a wife.  Those women are slaves. 
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2010, 08:53:32 PM »
Quote from: Beach Bum on September 03, 2010, 08:52:24 PM
Good work if you can get it.   :)  You could always move to India or the Middle East and get a wife.  Those women are slaves. 

lol  damn arabs
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2010, 08:57:56 PM »
Quote from: Schweppes on September 03, 2010, 08:53:32 PM
lol  damn arabs

Was talking to someone the other day who has friends from India.  The wife cannot do anything without the husband's permission. 
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2010, 10:40:26 PM »
Quote from: Beach Bum on September 03, 2010, 08:57:56 PM
Was talking to someone the other day who has friends from India.  The wife cannot do anything without the husband's permission.  

lol

Kinda like your family except its your wife that gives you permission to speak, right Beach?  ;D
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2010, 10:45:45 PM »
Quote from: Bindare_Dundat on September 03, 2010, 10:40:26 PM
lol

Kinda like your family except its your wife that gives you permission to speak, right Beach?  ;D

 :-[

I do what I'm told. 
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Re: Feds accuse 6 people of forcing 400 immigrants to work on HI, WA farms
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2010, 11:58:50 AM »
Quote from: Beach Bum on September 03, 2010, 08:57:56 PM
Was talking to someone the other day who has friends from India.  The wife cannot do anything without the husband's permission. 

just move to kentucky usa, not that the woman dont like it  :)
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