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$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

Housekeeper Sues Indian Diplomat In New York City Over Wages
Posted on 23 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

NEW YORK - (AP) A former housekeeper for the top diplomatic official at India's consulate in New York has filed a lawsuit saying he took her passport and intimidated her into a year of forced labor, where she was subjected to 105-hour workweeks for... Read More

Tags: New York , forced labor , Prabhu Dayal , India , wages , Litigation , lawsuit , Santosh Bhardwaj , diplomat , India's consulate , Consul General