More Colombians trafficked for forced labour than sex work -report
More Colombians trafficked for forced labour than sex work -report
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Mon, 7 Jul 2014 16:36 GMT
Author: Anastasia Moloney
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Colombian Jhon Freddy got a job in Argentina as a manager with a multinational company earning $7,000 a month, he thought it was a dream come true.
But his dream soon turned into a nightmare. After applying for the job online, Freddy, a computer engineer, was flown to Buenos Aires where he was exploited by a trafficking ring, Colombia's El Tiempo newspaper reported.
For more than a year, Freddy was forced to work 16-hour days with no pay, picking grapes, looking after animals and doing menial chores on a vineyard near the Argentinian capital. He was also forbidden from contacting his family, the report said.
Freddy, who was rescued by the Argentinian authorities last year, is one of a growing number of Colombians trapped in slavery in countries across Latin America, most notably Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay, El Tiempo said.
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