HARD TO BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE in this 21st century "MODERN SLAVERY" by the despicable hierarchy system. "The 30-year-old Kenyan woman on Wednesday fled the apartment she was working in as a domestic servant, flagged down a bus, and sought help from the passengers. The woman told police that she was hired in Kenya last year, where she signed a two-year contract to work 40 hours a week for an employment agency for $1,600 a month. She was then shipped to Saudi Arabia, where her passport was taken from her and she was forced to work twice as many hours as she initially agreed upon. She received less than half the money she was promised. Alayban’s family came to the US with the five victims in May and forced the women into domestic labor for little pay. Four of the women are from the Philippines. The Kenyan woman told police she worked 16-hour days, 7 days a week, for only $220 a month. She was forced to cook, clean, wash dishes, do laundry and iron clothes for at least eight people in four different apartments in Irvine. "This is not a contract dispute," Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas told the court during a bail hearing on Wednesday. "This is holding someone captive against their will." Once police arrived at the apartment where the four other women were staying, the victims all left the home voluntarily and told authorities that they wanted to be free, Irvine police chief David Maggard Jr. told the AP." rt/usa/saudi-princess-human-trafficking-973/
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20:23:38 +0000
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