A forced labor case from 2023 in Fresno, California, United States. 1 source on file.
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Farmworkers from Oaxaca Mexico exploited in agricultural forced labor in Central Valley. Crowded housing deducted from pay, debt bondage through advance payments. Accused: Farm labor contractor operating across multiple ranches.
California Department of Justice. Contractor convicted; growers held jointly liable. California Rural Legal Assistance.
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H-2A farmworkers employed by Rancho Nuevo Harvesting in California, including Fresno County, experienced violations involving substandard housing, inadequate or spoiled food, unsafe transportation, failure to pay required transportation and subsistence costs, and failure to meet the H-2A three-fourths pay guarantee.
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" Officers busted a massage parlor at Fresno and Gettysburg this week, and found evidence that young immigrant women from China may have been forced to work as prostitutes at the New China Massage parlor at Fresno and Gettysburg. We've been told it was a busy place, with customers coming in every half an hour, day and night. With different groups of young Asian women providing massages, and police say prostitution. By the signs in the window it looks like a place to get a foot massage. But Fresno Police believe this place was selling sex. Numerous complaints and tips that there may be illegal activity going on, specifically prostitution," said Jeff Cardinale, Fresno Police Spokesperson."
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The defendant forced Filipino victims to work in her elderly care business and confiscated their passports, threatening them if they left