A forced labor case from 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 1 source on file.
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Filipino and Thai workers trafficked to Hawaii hospitality industry. Excessive recruitment fees created debt bondage. Forced to work 16-hour shifts at luxury resorts. Accused: Hawaii-based staffing agency with overseas recruiters.
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and FBI. Agency shut down; operators charged federally. Legal Aid Society of Hawaii T-visa assistance.
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Honolulu police, the U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement and the state Department of Public Safety conducted a human trafficking investigation at massage parlors in Honolulu from Feb. 18 to March 3, police said. They arrested a 27 year old man who came after a 24-year-old woman. She came forward and said she was coerced into working as a prostitute for the man who used a firearm to threaten her.
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Wan Yo Kang, 37, also known as "Hannah," was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on 11 felony counts of traveling across state lines to promote or manage prostitution activity in February 2005, enticing women to travel interstate to engage in prostitution and harboring two immigrants here illegally at her business, 350 Ward Ave., suite 115.
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Police arrested Felix Thaxton, of Honolulu, Tuesday on two counts of first-degree sexual assault, two counts of third-degree sex assault, two counts of promoting prostitution and one count of criminal solicitation.