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malaise

(268,599 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 08:39 AM Nov 2020

Slavery/Human Trafficking in 2020 - throw away the keys

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https://kion546.com/news/2020/11/09/gilroy-couple-accused-of-enslaving-man-forcing-him-to-live-and-work-in-store-for-no-pay/

GILROY, Calif. (KION) A Gilroy couple is facing human trafficking charges after they were accused of locking a man in a liquor store, forcing him to work 15 hour shifts every day and making him sleep in a storage room.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office said the man was forced to bathe in a mop bucket and was never paid.

The suspects are Amarjit and Balwinder Mann, who own M&M Liquors on Westwood Drive. Investigators estimate that the couple stole more than $150,000 in wages from the victim and three of the store's employees..

The investigation began in February when an Alcoholic Beverage Control inspection led to the discovery of the victim. An agent found the man, who appeared to be living in a storage room, and identified it as a red flag for human trafficking. In the room, the agent reportedly found a thin mattress on milk crates, an office desk with folded clothes in the drawers, pots and pans next to the desk and a mop sink with a shampoo bottle.
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Slavery/Human Trafficking in 2020 - throw away the keys (Original Post) malaise Nov 2020 OP
Throw away the key........ secondwind Nov 2020 #1
That would be too charitable for me Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #2
Agree! eom get the red out Nov 2020 #3
Now if we can put these people in jail why can't we put tRUMP et al right there with them? abqtommy Nov 2020 #4
Agree 100% malaise Nov 2020 #5

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
4. Now if we can put these people in jail why can't we put tRUMP et al right there with them?
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:43 AM
Nov 2020

asking for a friend

malaise

(268,599 posts)
5. Agree 100%
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 10:48 AM
Nov 2020

I am very curious to know the caste of the enslaved man. Bet this couple showed off their wealth at all of their religious services on on the trips back to India.

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