A cikin abin da jami'an gwamnatin tarayya suka bayyana a matsayin shari'ar fataucin bil'adama mafi girma da gwamnati ta taba kawowa, Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Amurka ta tuhumi Mordechai Orian, shugaban kasa kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa na Global Horizons da "da hannu a hada baki na aikata aikin tilastawa da takardu. bauta."
Wadanda ake zargin dan daukar ma'aikata da ke Los Angeles ya shafa wasu 'yan kasar Thailand 400 ne da aka kawo su aiki a gonaki a Amurka tsakanin watan Mayun 2004 zuwa Satumba 2005. An dauke su aiki a karkashin takardar visa ta H-2A wacce ke ba da damar ma'aikatan gona su shiga kasar na lokaci-lokaci. aiki.
A ƙarshen 2006, bayan an buga CorpWatch labarin da zane mai ban dariya game da daukar ma'aikata da cin zarafin ma'aikatan gona na Thai, Orian ya kai karar masu zaman kansu. Orian ya bayyana cewa wakilinmu, Kari Lydersen ya kasance "ɓangare na (a) yaƙi da shirin H-2A kuma [yana ƙoƙarin) don kare baƙi ba bisa ƙa'ida ba da ƙungiyoyin doka waɗanda ke tsaye don cin gajiyar wakilcin baƙi ba bisa ƙa'ida ba." CorpWatch ya ki janye labarin ko zane mai ban dariya amma bangarorin biyu sun zo sasantawa ba tare da kotu ba a watan Afrilun 2007 don gyara ƴan hujjojin da ke cikin labarin. Babu kudi da aka biya ta kowane bangare.
Orian, da kansa dan gudun hijira daga Isra'ila, an gurfanar da shi bisa hukuma a ranar 1 ga Satumba tare da wasu mutane biyar - Pranee Tubchumpol, Shane Germann da Sam Wongsesanit na Global Horizons Manpower Inc. da kuma masu daukar ma'aikata na Thai Ratawan Chunharutai da Podjanee Sinchai. Jami’an gwamnatin tarayya sun kai farmaki gidan Orian na Malibu da gari ya waye sai suka gano cewa yana Texas.
A ranar 2 ga Satumba, Orian "ya yaudari tare da guje wa jami'an FBI na tarayya na kusan sa'o'i 24 ta hanyar ba da bayanai na lokaci-lokaci, yaudara, da kuma sabani game da wurinsa, shirye-shiryen mika wuya a Dallas, da kuma kasa bayar da rahoto," lauyoyin gwamnati sun bayyana a cikin takardun da aka shigar da tarayya. kotu. Sun kara da zargin cewa Orian "ya tashi zuwa Hawaii a wani jirgin don gujewa hulɗa da jami'an tarayya a filin jirgin sama."
A yau Orian na zaune a gidan yari na Honolulu yana jiran hukuncin da alkali Leslie Kobayashi ta yanke kan bukatar gwamnati na kin amincewa da belin Orian kan dala miliyan 1 da aka samu a gidansa na keɓaɓɓen West Moonshadows Drive a Malibu. Susan Cushman, mataimakiyar lauyan Amurka a Hawaii, ta gabatar da wasu takardu da ke nuna cewa Orian hatsarin jirgin ne, tare da lura da cewa ya yi amfani da laƙabi daban-daban guda 26 da lambobin Tsaron Tsaro guda huɗu daban-daban a baya. Cushman ya rubuta cewa "Rahoton Pretrial Services' ya nuna wanda ake tuhuma na da hatsarin hatsari ga al'umma saboda irin laifin da aka aikata da kuma irin wannan zargi a Isra'ila da Kanada."
Kararrakin Kotu da yawa
Bukatar Cushman na ci gaba da kulle Orian har sai an yi shari’a ya kuma bayyana wasu da dama na keta doka, bisa ga takardar da aka mika wa kotun Honolulu a ranar 9 ga Satumba.
Takardun sun nuna cewa a shekara ta 2000, Orian ya yi yunkurin shiga Amurka daga Mexico duk da cewa an soke bizarsa "bisa bayanan karya da wanda ake tuhuma ya yi game da aikinsa a Isra'ila da Amurka."
Cushman ya bai wa kotun kwafin rahoton shekara ta 2003, "Ma'aikatan Hijira a Isra'ila - Tsarin Bauta na Zamani," wanda aka buga Euro-Mediterranean Rights Network and the International Federation for Human Rights. Ya ce Orian ya karbi dala 3,000 daga kowane ma'aikacin Sinawa 19 don "gata" na aiki a Isra'ila na tsawon shekaru biyu.
"A karshen watan Fabrairu Mista Orian ya binciki kowane ma'aikacin albashi tsakanin watanni 2-3," in ji rahoton. “Maimakon ya biya ma’aikatan albashi, sai ya aika da masu gadi goma dauke da makamai domin su ba ma’aikatan mamaki a barcin da suke yi, suka lakada musu duka suka kai su filin jirgin, inda aka kore su da karfi.
A cikin wata takarda da Cushman ya shigar, Alkalin Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta Amurka William Dorsey ya kammala a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 2006, cewa Global Horizons Manpower, Inc. ya "da gangan da yaudara ya wakilta yana da kwangila tare da Taft Farms" [a Bakersfield, California] don samun biza. don fiye da ma'aikata 200 tsakanin Agusta 1, 2003 da Afrilu 30, 2004 a ƙarƙashin shirin H-2A. Biza na baƙi, wanda aka bai wa ma'aikatan gona na wucin gadi sama da 50,000 a cikin 2007, babban jigo ne - tare da aiki mara izini - na tsarin aikin gona na Amurka.
Dorsey ya gano cewa kamfanin ba shi da kwangila ko ayyukan yi ga ma'aikata 200. Ba a same su da aikin biya ba, Global Horizons ta kori ma'aikatan "saboda rashin aikin yi, yayin da a zahiri, an dakatar da su saboda rashin aiki," Dorsey ya rubuta a cikin shawararsa ta ƙarshe. Ya ba da umarnin hana Orian na tsawon shekaru uku shigo da ma'aikatan baƙo zuwa Amurka
A ranar 7 ga Satumba, 2007, Philipda Modrakee, mai binciken Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta Amurka, ta gabatar da rahoto kan ma'aikatan Horizons na Duniya 156 da ke aiki a gonar Abarba ta Maui a Hawaii. Modrakee ya yi kiyasin cewa Global Horizons na bin tarar dala 459,256 a matsayin tarar rashin biyan albashi mafi karanci da kuma kan lokaci, saboda cire kudaden da ma’aikatan ke yi ba bisa ka’ida ba daga cakukin albashin ma’aikata, da kuma kasa samar musu da abin hawa zuwa wuraren aikinsu.
Lauyan shige da fice Melissa Vincenty na Honolulu, wacce ke wakiltar abokan ciniki 80 tare da da'awar a kan Global Horizon, ta fada Labaran Maui A makon jiya ne kamfanin ya kwace fasfo din ma’aikatan da biza. Vincenty ya shaida wa jaridar cewa, "ana kiransa aikin bautar da takardu, yana mai cewa ana bukatar fasfo don tafiya tsakanin tsibiran da ke cikin jihar Hawaii.
Orian ya sayi jirgin sama mai injinan tagwaye don jigilar ma'aikatan Thailand daga tsibiran, ta yadda ya kauce wa wajibcin gabatar da fasfo ga jami'an gwamnati, bisa ga takardun da aka shigar a gaban kotun. Cushman ya lura cewa kwanan nan an kama jirgin a matsayin shaida.
Orian ya zana binciken shari'a a wasu jihohi da kasashe. A ranar 2 ga Yuli, 2008, Alkali James Hutton a Kotun Lardi ta Gabas, ya umurci Orian ya bayyana a gaban kotunsa a Spokane, Washington don bayyana dalilin da ya sa Global Horizons ta kasa biyan tarar kotuna da yawa da suka kai dubban daloli. A zaman da Orian ya shaida cewar kamfanin bai biya ba, duk da cewa kotun ta gano cewa har yanzu ma’aikata bakwai da suka hada da Orian na ci gaba da biyansu albashi.
A ranar 29 ga Yuli, 2009, alkali mai kula da shige da fice Christine Bither ta umarci Orian, wanda dan Isra'ila ne, da aka kora daga Amurka saboda yin ikirarin karya sau biyar na zama dan kasar Amurka lokacin da ya sanya hannu kan takardun daukar ma'aikatan gona a karkashin shirin H-2A. A karshe Cushman ya baiwa kotun hukuncin da alkalin kotun John Madden IV a birnin Denver na jihar Colorado ya yanke a ranar 26 ga Maris, 2010, inda ya umurci Global Horizons da ta biya wani dan kasar Nepal mai suna Rajan Gurung dala $108,257 don sasanta takaddamar daukar ma'aikata 24 daga kasar Nepal. A shekara ta 2008, Gurung ya ce ya biya Global Horizons Canada dala 72,000 don shirya bizar aiki ga mutane 24 a Kanada, amma kamfanin ya kasa samar da wata shaida da ke nuna cewa a zahiri ya nemi bizar.
A maimakon haka, Orian ya bayyana a gaban kotun kuma ya yi ikirarin cewa bai nemi takardar bizar ba saboda dukkan ma’aikatan suna da suna na karshe guda daya, Gurung, wanda ke nuna yiwuwar keta dokar shige da fice ta Kanada da ba ta ba da damar daukar ‘yan uwa aiki na wucin gadi ba. . (Gurung yana ɗaya daga cikin sunayen dangi da aka fi sani a Nepal.) Madden ya gano da'awar Orian ba shi da wani cancanta kuma ya umarce shi ya biya Gurung tare da riba tare da biyan kuɗin kotu.
Martani ga Gwamnati
Sabanin wannan tarihin mu’amala mai cike da shakku ne lauyan Orian Mark Werksman, ya nemi a ba da wanda yake karewa bisa beli. Shigar da Werksman na Satumba 10 ya gabatar da jerin muhawara da takaddun shaida don tabbatar da cewa abokin cinikinsa ba haɗarin jirgin ba ne.
Misali, Werksman ya ce an daukaka karar odar korar kasar a shekarar 2009 kuma abokin nasa, “mai sana’ar kasuwanci” ya duba akwatuna da gangan da ke ikirarin shi dan kasa ne. Werksman ya kuma lura cewa tun da Orian ya kasance "karfi" yana adawa da odar korar, ba hadarin jirgin ba ne. Maimakon haka, yana da "burin ci gaba da zama a Amurka."
Waɗanda ake zargi 26 da ake zargi (irin su O'Ryan da Moty) "ba su da mahimmanci ko kuskuren rubutu," in ji Werksman.
"Da alama gwamnati tana neman kotu da ta tsare Mista Orian saboda tana ganin shi mugun aiki ne kuma ma'aikaci ne mai tsauri kuma ya cancanci a hukunta shi," in ji Werksman. "Babu wata shaida da ke nuna hakan a waje da misalan da gwamnati ta zabo na munanan hukunce-hukuncen gudanarwa." Kuma ma’aikatun shige da fice na gwamnati da na ma’aikata ba lallai ba ne su sami “rashin jituwa, cin zarafi na shari’a da matsalolin takarda”.
Orian bai taba nufin yaudarar FBI ba, amma kawai ya ɗauki jirgin sama mai rahusa zuwa Hawaii Werksman. "Abin da Mista Orian bai sani ba shi ne, FBI ta yi niyyar yin wani babban kamu a filin jirgin," ya tuhumi a cikin takardun kotun.
Kara Lujan, wani jami'in hulda da jama'a ne ya goyi bayan wannan iƙirari, wanda ke wakiltar mawaƙa ciki har da mawaƙin rai Kelly Price da ƙungiyar rhythm & blues "Heads of State" wanda ya gaya wa CorpWatch cewa ta yi shawarwarin "mika kai da Orian tare da wakilin FBI Tom Simon."
"Ba shi ne hadarin jirgin sama ba, ba shi da hadari ga al'umma," in ji Lujan Harari, jaridar Isra'ila. "Ya musanta aikata laifin a ranar Juma'a, inda ya musanta tuhumar da ake masa, bai taba yi wa ma'aikatan kasar barazana ba, bai taba daukar fasfo dinsu ba, kuma babu wata shaida kan hakan."
Werksman kuma ya ƙaddamar da takardu daga abokan Orian. Lisa Machenberg, wacce ta lissafa kanta a matsayin ƙwararriyar likitan hakora, ta ce ɗanta ya je makarantar gaba da sakandare da ɗan Orian Dillon, kuma ta yi imanin cewa Orian “mutum mai adalci ne kuma nagari”.
Ma'aikatan Thai sun tashi
Amma yayin da Cushman da Werksman ke gabatar da takaddun gasa a Honolulu, wasu tsoffin ma'aikatan Orian suna yin wasan kwaikwayo mai kama da juna a Los Angeles.
A can, a ranar 8 ga Satumba, a gaban haikalin addinin Buddah na Wat Thai wasu ma'aikatan gona 25 na Thai sun yi layi sanye da tabarau, hular wasan baseball, da gyale na gargajiya na Thai don su ɓad da kansu don tsoron ramuwar gayya, in ji su. Daya bayan daya sun shaida wa manema labarai da suka taru a wani taron manema labarai da cibiyar ci gaban al’ummar Thailand ta shirya game da yadda suke kula da su a hannun Global Horizons.
Wani mutum mai shekaru 42 ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa masu daukar ma’aikata sun yi masa alkawarin ba shi cikakken aiki na dala 1,000 a wata – fiye da sau goma fiye da yadda yake yi a matsayinsa na manomin shinkafa. Masu daukar ma'aikata sun gaya masa cewa Global Horizons na iya samun sa yana aikin diban apples a Washington da abarba a Hawaii. Lee, mai suna, ya isa Seattle a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 2004 don gano cewa zai biya $18,000 ga masu daukar ma'aikata.
"Ina tsammanin zan sami 'yanci da ayyuka a nan," in ji Lee a taron manema labarai. "Ina tsammanin Amurka kasa ce mai wayewa, mafi girma a duniya. Ban taba tunanin irin wannan abu zai iya faruwa a nan ba."
Kamar ma'aikatan Thai waɗanda CorpWatch suka ruwaito a ciki labarin mu na 2006 wadanda aka ajiye a cikin tireloli da dakunan otel masu cunkoson jama’a, Lee ya ce an ajiye shi a wani rumbun katako. Lee ya ce ana kuma yi masa barazanar tashin hankali da kora idan ya yi kokarin tserewa ko kuma ya yi magana da wani bare. A cikin watan Satumba na 2005, Lee ya ce ya tsere wata rana ta hanyar gudu ta cikin gonakin abarba.
Chanchanit Martorell, Babban Darakta na Cibiyar Ci gaban al'ummar Thai ya tabbatar da labarin Lee. Martorell da ma’aikatanta sun ce sun yi hira da ma’aikatan gona sama da 200 kuma sun shigar da kara a gaban kotun duniya. Ta lura cewa an yi wa wasu daga cikin ma’aikatan gona mummunar illa da suka ci gaba da cin ganyen tsiro ko kifi da suka kama a wani kogi da ke kusa.
Damrong Kraikruan, karamin jakadan Thailand a Los Angeles, ya shaidawa manema labarai hakan Los Angeles Times Jaridar cewa Thailand ta soke lasisin Global Horizons na yin aiki a can a cikin 2005, kuma ta yanke hukunci ga daya daga cikin abokan huldar kamfanin na kasar Thailand da yin sana'ar siyan aiki ba tare da lasisi ba.
Shi ma Jorge Guzman, jami’in kula da shige-da-fice da kwastam na Amurka, ya bayyana a taron manema labarai na cibiyar raya al’umma ta Thai, inda ya yaba wa kungiyar kan wayar da kan jama’a game da matsalar. “Wayar da kan jama’a na da matukar muhimmanci wajen mayar da wannan abin kunya ya zama tarihi,” in ji Guzman, inda ya bukaci jama’a da su kai rahoton duk wani shakku game da safarar mutane.
Hukumar FBI ta ce tana daukar shari'ar Horizons da muhimmanci sosai. Wakilin FBI na musamman Tom Simon ya shaida wa BBC cewa, "A da, sun kasance suna ajiye bayi a wurinsu da bulala da sarkoki." Beverly Hills Courier. "A yau, ana yin hakan ne da barazanar tattalin arziki da kuma tsoratarwa."
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