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Offline bijou

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Florida couple pleads guilty to abusing Filipino workers
« on: September 19, 2010, 07:28:48 AM »
 A Florida couple  pleaded guilty to conspiring to hold 39 Filipino employees against their will working in country clubs and hotels, the US Justice Department said Friday.

Sophia Manuel, 41, and Alfonso Baldonado Jr., 45, were owners of a labor contracting service based in the Florida city of Boca Raton.

Manuel and Baldonado "conspired to obtain a cheap, compliant and readily available labor pool, by making false promises to entice the victims to incur debts," read a Department of Justice statement, quoting court documents.

"The defendants then compelled the victims' labor and services through threats to have the workers arrested and deported, knowing the workers faced serious economic harm and possible incarceration for nonpayment of debts in the Philippines." ...http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100917/ts_alt_afp/usphilippinesjusticelabor_20100917215957
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Re: Florida couple pleads guilty to abusing Filipino workers
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2010, 08:54:52 AM »
Just doing the slave labor Americans won't do...
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Re: Florida couple pleads guilty to abusing Filipino workers
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2010, 04:17:24 PM »
If the Dems get Amnesty pushed through you can bet this will be lot more prevalent
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Re: Florida couple pleads guilty to abusing Filipino workers
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2010, 05:11:14 PM »
Quote from: Airwolf on September 19, 2010, 04:17:24 PM
If the Dems get Amnesty pushed through you can bet this will be lot more prevalent

Too Late this is called sponsorship by the Indonesians.

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Re: Florida couple pleads guilty to abusing Filipino workers
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2010, 09:02:22 AM »
This sorta thing happens in places all the time.  They're called "Gentlemen's Clubs."   :fuelfire:
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