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mtvU, LexisNexis Team Up To Fight Human Trafficking In Against Our Will Campaign
Posted on 1 Feb 2012 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

Right now, there are millions of sex and labor slaves worldwide - and many of them are right here in America. But you have the power to make a difference and help stop this horrific human rights atrocity. mtvU and LexisNexis are calling on you to submit... Read More

Tags: Against Our Will Campaign , LexisNexis , Litigation , Human Trafficking , mtvU

$3.3 Million Judgment Entered Against Couple Accused Of Enslaving, Raping Housekeeper
Posted on 7 Sep 2012 by Emerson Heffner

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - (Mealey's) A U.S. Department of State information technology manager and her husband tricked an Ethiopian woman into accompanying them as their domestic servant to Japan, where they held her virtually as a prisoner in their home... Read More

Tags: Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 , forced labor , Jane Doe v. Linda Howard and Russell Howard , TVPA , U.S. Department of State , labor and employment law , Litigation , Russell Howard , Human Trafficking , Linda Howard , involuntary servitude

Mexican Workers Claim Forced Labor In Federal Lawsuit
Posted on 28 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - (AP) A group of Mexican guest workers is accusing a former employer in a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court of engaging in human trafficking and forced labor. The suit filed in Nashville claims managers with Vanderbilt Landscaping... Read More

Tags: H-2B visa , forced labor , Labor Department , Tennessee Department of Transportation , Mexico , Justice Department , Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity , guest workers , Litigation , temporary workers , lawsuit , Mexican workers , wage and hour , Human Trafficking , Vanderbilt Landscaping

Agency Sues California Contractor, Farms In Thai Workers Case
Posted on 21 Apr 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) A federal agency has sued a California-based labor contractor and farms in Washington and Hawaii alleging discrimination against more than 200 Thai workers in what was called its largest human trafficking case in agriculture. The U... Read More

Tags: agriculture , Thai workers , Discrimination , Beverly Hills , California , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , Global Horizons Inc. , Litigation , lawsuit , Hawaii , Washington , Human Trafficking , EEOC