Tag Archives: Human Trafficking
- 21-4-2011
Federal Agency Accuses Beverly Hills Company of Trafficking Thai Farmworkers
April 21, 2011|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accuses Global Horizons Manpower of Beverly Hills of subjecting Thai workers to illegal conditions on farms in Hawaii and Washington. The head of the firm is already facing a criminal trial on similar charges. In its largest farm labor trafficking case ever, Continue Reading
- 9-9-2010
Thai Workers Describe Being Lured into Slavery in U.S.
More than two dozen immigrants, covering their faces and continuing to fear for their safety, speak out about what authorities call the largest labor-trafficking case in U.S. history. September 09, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times More than two dozen Thai farmworkers lined up in front of the Wat Thai Buddhist temple in Sun Valley Continue Reading
- 4-9-2010
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Associates of Beverly Hills Firm in Human Trafficking Case
In a ‘mind-boggling case,’ the owner and four employees of Global Horizons Manpower Inc. are indicted on charges of engaging in a conspiracy to coerce the labor of hundreds of Thai nationals September 04, 2010|By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times In 2003, a farmworker showed up in the Hollywood offices of a Thai community organization Continue Reading
- 25-11-2006
State Has Yet to Test Slavery Statute
No human trafficking cases have been tried since the law went into effect nearly a year ago. It’s too difficult to prove the crime, police say. November 25, 2006|Garrett Therolf | Times Staff Writer When Westminster police raided the apartment, they were convinced they were freeing the eight women inside from modern-day slavery. Police said Continue Reading
- 19-12-2005
Program to Fight Human Trafficking is Underused
Lack of awareness and simple fear may be reasons. December 19, 2005|Anna Gorman | Times Staff Writer The single mother, struggling to support two children in Thailand, knew she couldn’t turn down a job offer as a cook in a Thai restaurant in Woodland Hills. But when Thonglim Khamphiranon arrived at her new post, her Continue Reading
- 3-4-1998
Servitude a Fact of Life, Thais Say
Cultures: Alleged mistreatment of two immigrant women is unfortunate, but not an unusual fate for the ‘lower class,’ many contend. April 03, 1998|ERIC SLATER and CLAIRE VITUCCI and JULIE TAMAKI | TIMES STAFF WRITERS Early on the morning of Jan. 14, as the rest of the Woodland Hills household slept, the two Thai women hurried Continue Reading
- 2-4-1998
Envoy’s Companion Accused of Holding Immigrants in Slavery
Courts: Woman is charged with forcing two servants smuggled in from Thailand to work at her home and restaurant for 18 hours every day. Suspect vehemently denies the allegations. April 02, 1998|DAVID ROSENZWEIG and CLAIRE VITUCCI | TIMES STAFF WRITERS The female companion of a ranking Thai diplomat was accused in a federal indictment Wednesday Continue Reading
- 24-10-1997
Sweatshop Workers to Get $2 Million
Labor: Five firms settle with 150 Thai and Latino employees of notorious El Monte apparel facility and its sister plant in L.A. October 24, 1997|GEORGE WHITE and PATRICK McDONNELL | TIMES STAFF WRITERS Five major companies, including Mervyn’s and Montgomery Ward, have agreed to pay more than $2 million to 150 workers who labored under Continue Reading
- 13-1-1997
Often, the Workers Pay
EASY PREY: EXPLOITING IMMIGRANTS When disputes with employers arise, many have little recourse but to turn to the state labor office. It can take years to settle their claims. January 13, 1997|DON LEE | TIMES STAFF WRITER Immigrant workers by the thousands file through the doors of the state labor commissioner’s office every year, hoping Continue Reading
- 13-1-1997
Recruiters’ Lies Lure Workers; Debts Serve to Trap Them
EASY PREY: EXPLOITING IMMIGRANTS Day Two January 13, 1997|DON LEE | TIMES STAFF WRITER He was farming rice in a poor village in Thailand when recruiters came calling with a tempting offer: Work overseas and send your family hundreds of dollars a month. The 48-year-old man, who asked that he be identified by a nickname, Continue Reading