by Free the Slaves | Sep 22, 2010 | Slavery in the News
We’ve written a lot about the biggest human trafficking bust in U.S. history, involving the enslavement of at last 400 Thai laborers on American farms. Global Horizons Manpower Inc., the recruitment agency responsible for luring the workers into slavery has its...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 21, 2010 | Slavery in the News
There was a great piece in the New York Times Op Ed section yesterday that illustrates how modern day slavery can become an entrenched part of a community. The piece decries the apathy of the Hawaiian public, over a recent, massive, human trafficking bust that...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 9, 2010 | Slavery in the News
THAI WORKERS COME FORWARD IN BIGGEST HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE IN US HISTORY Via Neon Tommy: Several dozen Thai workers—many of them hiding their faces behind scarves and sunglasses—spoke at a press conference in front of a Thai temple in Los Angeles yesterday. The...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 7, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Four of the six people indicted in what is being called the biggest human trafficking case in US history have turned themselves in, or are scheduled to surrender by early this week. Israeli national Mordechai Orian, 45, surrendered to authorities in Honolulu on...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 3, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Beware of Human Traffickers Masquerading as Manpower Agencies “The largest human trafficking case ever charged in US history” involves Beverly Hills-based Global Horizons Manpower agency, 400 Thai nationals and Hawaii farms. On their website, Global Horizons touts...
