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September 3, 2010

4 Accused of Coercing 400 Thai Workers into Forced Labor
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A Hawaii grand jury has indicted four people on charges of forcing
around 400 Thai nationals to work as farm laborers after luring them to
the United States. Prosecutors say the defendants are employees of the
Los Angeles-based labor contractor Global Horizons Manpower. The workers
were allegedly promised lucrative jobs, only to have their passports
seized and forced to pay thousands of dollars in so-called "recruitment"
fees that were financed by their property and homes.



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