Saturday, August 29, 2009

Human Trafficking: It's not just about sex slavery

Like that relatively inexpensive Asian fruit you can get at your local Safeway, Ralphs, Krogers? Was it picked by forced labor in Hawaii? What about those great, cheap tomatoes you get in the winter? Were they slave labor picked or by United Farm Workers?

Aloun Farms owners indicted in forced labor of Thai workers

The owners of a Kapolei farm known for supplying a rich variety of Asian vegetables, melons and other produce to the state's largest wholesalers and grocers have been indicted on charges alleging the forced labor of 44 Thai nationals brought to Hawai'i under a federal agricultural guest-worker program.

Seedless watermelon is one of many crops grown in the 'Ewa fields of Aloun Farms, whose owners were indicted on forced-labor charges.
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