Daily Archives: August 3, 1995
- 3-8-1995
Workers Held in Near-Slavery, Officials Say
August 03, 1995|GEORGE WHITE | TIMES STAFF WRITER State and federal agents raided a garment factory in El Monte early Wednesday that allegedly held dozens of Thai immigrants in virtual slavery behind barbed wire for years, forcing them to labor in servitude to supposedly pay off creditors. The pre-dawn raid by a multi-agency team headed Continue Reading