Tag: Human Rights

California Husband & Wife Indicted on Charges of Forced Labor

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June 24, 2019

An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in the Eastern District of California following the arrests of Nery A. Martinez Vasquez, 50, and Maura N. Martinez, 50, of Shasta Lake, California. The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy, forced labor, and alien harboring for financial gain. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Justice […]

Texas Couple Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Forced Labor

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April 22, 2019

U.S. District Court Judge Reid O’Connor sentenced defendants Mohamed Toure, 58, and Denise Cros-Toure, 58, of Southlake, Texas, to seven years in prison each and ordered them to pay $288,620.24 in restitution. A federal jury convicted the defendants of forced labor, conspiracy to commit alien harboring, and alien harboring on Jan. 11 following a four-day […]

Southlake, Texas Couple Convicted Of Forced Labor

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January 15, 2019

Southlake, Texas Couple Convicted Of Forced Labor In Their Home The Department of Justice announced in a press release that Defendants Mohamed Toure and Denise Cros-Toure, of Southlake, Texas, were convicted late yesterday by a federal jury in Ft. Worth, Texas, of forced labor and other federal felonies for compelling the domestic labor of a […]

5 Members of Mexican Human Trafficking Organization Sentenced in Court

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January 7, 2019

5 Members of Mexican Human Trafficking Organization Sentenced in Court Prosecution Dismantled International Sex Trafficking Organization that Forced Young Women and Girls from Mexico and Central America into Prostitution for Over a Decade. The Department of Justice announced in a press release that last week in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York, five members […]

Former Nazi Labor Camp Guard Jakiw Palij Removed to Germany

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October 1, 2018

Former Nazi Labor Camp Guard Jakiw Palij Removed to Germany The Department of Justice announced in a press release that they have removed the 68th convicted Nazi from the country. Jakiw Palij, a former Nazi labor camp guard in German-occupied Poland and a postwar resident of Queens, New York, has been removed by U.S. Immigration […]