Ma ka mea i wehewehe ʻia e nā luna federal ʻo ia ka hihia kalepa kanaka nui loa i lawe ʻia e ke aupuni, ʻo Mordechai Orian, ka pelekikena a me ka luna hoʻokele nui o Global Horizons, i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ka US Department of Justice no ka "hana kipi e hana i ka hana a me ka palapala. hookauwa."
ʻO ka poʻe i manaʻo ʻia he 400 mau kānaka Thai i lawe ʻia e hana i nā mahiʻai ma US ma waena o Mei 2004 a hiki i Sepatemaba 2005. hana.
I ka hopena o 2006, ma hope o ka paʻi ʻana o CorpWatch he ʻatikala a he kiʻi paʻi kiʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i nā limahana mahiʻai Thai, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Orian i ka waiwai ʻole. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Orian ʻO kā mākou mea kākau moʻolelo, ʻo Kari Lydersen "he ʻāpana o (a) hoʻolaha kūʻē i ka papahana H-2A a [e hoʻāʻo ana] e pale aku i ka poʻe malihini mai ke kānāwai ʻole a me nā hui kānāwai e kū nei i ka loaʻa kālā mai ka hōʻike ʻana o nā malihini kūʻokoʻa." Ua hōʻole ʻo CorpWatch e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻatikala a i ʻole ke kiʻi paʻi kiʻi akā ua hele nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i kahi hoʻoholo ma waho o ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ma ʻApelila 2007 e hoʻoponopono i kekahi mau mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ma ka moʻolelo. ʻAʻohe kālā i uku ʻia e kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao.
ʻO Orian, he malihini mai ʻIseraʻela mai, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ma ka lā 1 o Kepakemapa a me ʻelima ʻē aʻe - ʻo Pranee Tubchumpol, Shane Germann a me Sam Wongsesanit o Global Horizons Manpower Inc. Ua hoʻouka nā ʻelele Federal i ka home ʻo Malibu o Orian i ka wanaʻao i ka lā aʻe a ʻike wale lākou aia ʻo ia ma Texas.
Ma ka lā 2 o Kepakemapa, "ua hoʻopunipuni ʻo Orian i nā ʻelele FBI federal no kahi o 24 mau hola ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻike sporadic, alakaʻi hewa a me ka hakakā e pili ana i kona wahi, ka makemake e hāʻawi i Dallas, a me ka hōʻole ʻole ʻana i ka hōʻike," wahi a nā loio aupuni i nā palapala i waiho ʻia me ka federal. hale hookolokolo. Ua hoʻopiʻi hou lākou ua lele ʻo Orian i Hawaii ma kahi mokulele ʻē aʻe e pale aku i ka launa pū ʻana me nā ʻelele federal ma ke kahua mokulele.
I kēia lā ke noho nei ʻo Orian i loko o ka hale paʻahao ma Honolulu e kali ana i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a Lunakanawai Leslie Kobayashi ma ke noi aupuni e hōʻole i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Orian ma ka $1 miliona o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kona hale kūʻokoʻa West Moonshadows Drive ma Malibu. Ua waiho ʻo Susan Cushman, ke kōkua o ka Loio US no Hawaii, i nā palapala e hōʻike ana he pilikia ka lele ʻana o Orian, me ka ʻike ʻana ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i 26 mau inoa inoa like ʻole a me ʻehā mau helu Social Security i ka wā i hala. "Ua loaʻa i ka Pretrial Services 'hōʻike i ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia he pilikia i ke kaiāulu ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hewa a me nā hoʻopiʻi like ʻana ma Israel a me Kanada," i kākau ai ʻo Cushman.
Na hihia hookolokolo lehulehu
ʻO ke noi a Cushman e hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia ʻo Orian a hiki i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ua wehewehe pū kekahi i nā hewa he nui i ke kānāwai, e like me ka waiho ʻana i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ma Honolulu i ka lā 9 o Kepakemapa.
Hōʻike nā palapala i ka makahiki 2000, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Orian e komo i ka US mai Mexico ʻoiai ua hoʻopau ʻia kāna visa "ma muli o nā hōʻike wahaheʻe a ka Defendant i hana ai e pili ana i kāna hana ma Israel a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa."
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Cushman i ka ʻaha i kahi kope o kahi hōʻike 2003, "Migrant Workers in Israel - A Contemporary Form of Slavery," i paʻi ʻia i ka Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network and the International Federation for Human Rights. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua lawe ʻo Orian i $3,000 mai kēlā me kēia o nā limahana Kina he 19 no ka "pono" o ka hana ma ʻIseraʻela no ʻelua makahiki.
"Ma ka hopena o Feberuari ua aie o Mr. Orian i kela a me keia o na limahana ma waena o 2-3 mahina uku," i pau ai ka hoike. "Ma mua o ka uku ʻana i nā limahana, ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i ʻumi mau kiaʻi e kāhāhā i ka poʻe limahana i kā lākou hiamoe, hahau iā lākou a hoʻokele iā lākou i ke kahua mokulele, kahi i kipaku ʻia ai lākou."
Ma kekahi palapala ʻē aʻe i waiho ʻia e Cushman, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Judge William Dorsey o ka US Department of Labor, i ka lā 30 o Nowemapa, 2006, ua "hōʻike ʻia ʻo Global Horizons Manpower, Inc. i kāna mau ʻaelike me Taft Farms" [ma Bakersfield, Kaleponi] no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā visa. no nā limahana ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 ma waena o ʻAukake 1, 2003 a me ʻApelila 30, 2004 ma lalo o ka papahana H-2A. ʻO nā visa malihini ʻole, hāʻawi ʻia i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50,000 mau limahana mahiʻai manawaleʻa i ka makahiki 2007, he kumu nui - me ka hana ʻole i palapala ʻia - o ka ʻōnaehana mahiʻai US.
Ua ʻike ʻo Dorsey ʻaʻohe ʻaelike a ʻaʻohe hana o ka hui no nā limahana 200. ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou ka uku hana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Global Horizons i nā limahana "no ka hana maikaʻi ʻole, ʻoiai, ua hoʻopau ʻia lākou no ka nele o ka hana," kākau ʻo Dorsey i kāna hoʻoholo hope. Ua kauoha ʻo ia e pāpā ʻia ʻo Orian no ʻekolu mau makahiki mai ka lawe ʻana i nā limahana malihini i US
Ma ka lā 7 o Kepakemapa, 2007, ua waiho ʻo Philipda Modrakee, kahi mea noiʻi o ke Keʻena ʻOihana o ʻAmelika i kahi hōʻike e pili ana i 156 mau limahana Global Horizons i hoʻolimalima ʻia ma Maui Pineapple Farm ma Hawaii. Ua manaʻo ʻo Modrakee ua ʻaiʻē ʻo Global Horizons i $459,256 no ka uku ʻole ʻana i ka uku ma ka palena haʻahaʻa a me ka manawa, no ka unuhi ʻole ʻana i ke kālā mai nā loiloi uku o nā limahana no ka hale, a no ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana iā lākou i ka lawe ʻana i kā lākou wahi hana.
Ua haʻi aku ka loio ʻo Melissa Vincenty o Honolulu, ʻo ia ka mea e kū nei i nā mea kūʻai aku he 80 me nā koi kūʻē iā Global Horizon. Nūhou Maui i ka pule i hala aku nei ua lawe ka hui i na palapala palapala a me na palapala visa o na limahana. "Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he palapala hoʻokauwā," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Vincenty i ka nūpepa, me ka ʻike ʻana he pono nā palapala passport no ka huakaʻi ma waena o nā mokupuni i kūkulu ʻia i ka mokuʻāina o Hawaiʻi.
Ua kūʻai ʻo Orian i mokulele ʻenekini māhoe no ka lawe ʻana i waena o nā mokupuni o nā limahana Thai, a laila e pale aku ai i ka pono o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻike / passport i nā luna aupuni, e like me nā palapala i waiho ʻia i mua o ka ʻaha. Ua ʻike ʻo Cushman ua hopu ʻia ka mokulele i mea hōʻike.
Ua huki ʻo Orian i ka loiloi kānāwai ma nā mokuʻāina a me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe. Ma Iulai 2, 2008, ua kauoha ʻo Judge James Hutton i ka ʻAha Apana Hikina, iā Orian e hele i mua o kona ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ma Spokane, Wakinekona e wehewehe i ke kumu o ka uku ʻole ʻana o Global Horizons i nā hoʻopaʻi hoʻokolokolo he mau tausani kālā. Ma ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo, ua hōʻike ʻo Orian i ka loaʻa ʻole o ka hui, ʻoiai ua ʻike ka ʻaha he ʻehiku mau limahana, me Orian, ke uku ʻia nei i nā uku.
I ka lā 29 o Iulai, 2009, ua kauoha ka luna kānāwai e hele mai ana ʻo Christine Bither iā Orian, he kamaʻāina ʻIseraʻela, e hoʻoneʻe ʻia mai ʻAmelika no ka hoʻopiʻi wahaheʻe ʻana i ʻelima mau manawa he kamaʻāina ʻAmelika i ke kau inoa ʻana i nā palapala e hoʻolimalima i nā limahana mahiʻai ma lalo o ka papahana visa H-2A. ʻO ka hope loa, ua hāʻawi ʻo Cushman i ka ʻaha i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo a ka Lunakanawai John Madden IV i ka lā Malaki 26, 2010 ma Denver, Colorado, e kauoha ana iā Global Horizons e uku i kahi kanaka Nepali i kapa ʻia ʻo Rajan Gurung $108,257 e hoʻoponopono ai i kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā limahana 24 mai Nepal. Ma 2008, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gurung ua uku ʻo ia iā Global Horizons Canada $72,000 no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā visa hana no ka poʻe 24 ma Kanada, akā ʻaʻole hiki i ka hui ke hoʻopuka i nā hōʻike i noi maoli ʻia no nā visa.
Akā, ua hōʻike ʻo Orian i mua o ka ʻaha a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i noi no nā visa no ka mea ua like ka inoa hope o nā limahana āpau, ʻo Gurung, kahi i hōʻike ʻia ai ka hiki ke uhaki i ke kānāwai lawaiʻa Kanada e ʻae ʻole i nā lālā o ka ʻohana e hoʻolimalima i nā hana pōkole. . (ʻO Gurung kekahi o nā inoa ʻohana maʻamau ma Nepal.) Ua ʻike ʻo Madden i ka pono ʻole o ka ʻōlelo a Orian a kauoha ʻo ia iā ia e uku iā Gurung me ka uku panee a me ka uku ʻana i kāna mau koina hoʻokolokolo.
Pane i ke Aupuni
Ua kūʻē i kēia moʻolelo o nā hana kānalua i noi aku ai ka loio o Orian ʻo Mark Werksman i kāna mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke kuʻikahi. Ua hōʻike ʻo Werksman i ka lā 10 o Kepakemapa i nā ʻano hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me nā palapala e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai ʻaʻole ʻo kāna mea kūʻai aku he pilikia lele.
No ka laʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo Werksman ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ke kauoha hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 2009 a ʻo kāna mea kūʻai aku, "he ʻoihana ʻoihana paʻa" i nānā ʻole i nā pahu e ʻōlelo ana he kamaʻāina. Ua ʻike pū ʻo Werksman ʻoiai ʻo Orian i "ikaika" i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana, ʻaʻole ia he pilikia lele. Akā, ua "makemake nui ʻo ia e noho ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa."
ʻO nā inoa inoa he 26 i manaʻo ʻia (e like me O'Ryan a me Moty) "nā kuhi hewa ʻole a i ʻole nā hewa typographical," wahi a Werksman,
"Me he mea lā e noi ana ke aupuni i ka ʻaha e hoʻopaʻa iā Mr. Orian no ka mea, manaʻo ʻo ia he mea hana ʻino a he lawehala mau loa a pono e hoʻopaʻi ʻia," i kākau ai ʻo Werksman. "ʻAʻohe mea hōʻike o kēia ma waho o nā hiʻohiʻona i koho ʻia e ke aupuni o nā hoʻoholo hoʻokele ʻino." A ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o ke aupuni a me nā keʻena hana e paʻa i nā "kūʻē ʻole, nā snafus kānāwai a me nā pilikia pepa."
ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻo Orian e hoʻopunipuni i ka FBI, akā lawe wale i kahi mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i Hawaii wahi a Werksman. "ʻO ka mea a Mr. Orian i ʻike ʻole ai, ʻo ia ka manaʻo o ka FBI e hana i kahi hopu kiʻekiʻe ma ke kahua mokulele," i hoʻopiʻi ai ʻo ia i nā palapala o ka ʻaha.
Kākoʻo ʻia kēia ʻōlelo e Kara Lujan, he luna hoʻomalu o ka lehulehu e kū nei i nā mea hoʻokani mele ʻo Kelly Price a me ka rhythm & blues band "Heads of State" nāna i haʻi iā CorpWatch ua kūkākūkā ʻo ia i ka "hāʻawi pio ʻana o Orian me ka luna FBI ʻo Tom Simon."
"ʻAʻole ʻo ia he pilikia lele, ʻaʻole ia he pōʻino i ke kaiāulu," wahi a Lujan Haaretz, he nupepa no ka Iseraela. "Ua ʻae ʻo ia ʻaʻole hewa i ka Pōʻalima, e hōʻole ana i nā hoʻopiʻi.
Ua waiho pū ʻo Werksman i nā palapala mai nā hoaaloha o Orian. ʻO Lisa Machenberg, ka mea i helu iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he hypotherapist i hōʻoia ʻia, e ʻōlelo ana ua hele kāna keiki i ke kula mua e like me ke keiki a Orian ʻo Dillon, a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Orian he "kanaka maikaʻi a maikaʻi."
Kū i luna nā limahana Thai
Akā ʻoiai ʻo Cushman lāua ʻo Werksman e waiho ana i nā palapala hoʻokūkū ma Honolulu, e pāʻani ana kekahi o nā limahana mua o Orian i kahi hana keaka like ʻole ma Los Angeles.
Ma laila, i ka lā 8 o Kepakemapa, ma ke alo o ka luakini ʻo Wat Thai Buddhist i laina laina ai kekahi mau limahana mahiʻai Thai me nā makaaniani, nā pāpale baseball, a me nā scarves Thai kuʻuna e hūnā iā lākou iho no ka makaʻu i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, wahi a lākou. Ua haʻi aku lākou i ka poʻe media i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma kahi hālāwai kūkā i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Thai Community Development Center e pili ana i kā lākou mālama ʻana ma ka lima o Global Horizons.
Ua haʻi aku kekahi kanaka 42 makahiki i ka poʻe nūpepa ua hoʻohiki ka poʻe hoʻolimalima iā ia i kahi hana piha no $1,000 i ka mahina - he ʻumi mau manawa i ʻoi aku ma mua o kāna hana ma ke ʻano he mahiʻai raiki. Ua haʻi aku ka poʻe hoʻolimalima iā ia e hiki iā Global Horizons ke loaʻa iā ia e hana ana i ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻapala ma Wakinekona a me nā paina ma Hawaii. Ua hōʻea ʻo Lee, he pseudonym, i Seattle i Iulai 4, 2004 e ʻike e uku ʻo ia i $18,000 i ka poʻe hoʻolimalima.
"Ua manaʻo wau e loaʻa iaʻu ke kūʻokoʻa a me nā hana ma ʻaneʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Lee ma ka ʻaha kūkā nūhou. "Ua manaʻo wau he lāhui civila ʻo ʻAmelika, ʻo ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.
E like me nā limahana Thai i hōʻike ʻia e CorpWatch ma kā mākou ʻatikala 2006 i noho ʻia i loko o nā kaʻa kaʻa a me nā lumi motel piha, ʻōlelo ʻo Lee ua noho ʻo ia i loko o kahi hale lāʻau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lee ua hoʻoweliweli pū ʻia ʻo ia me ka hana ʻino a me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana inā hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e pakele a i ʻole e kamaʻilio me nā mea ʻē aʻe. I Kepakemapa 2005, ʻōlelo ʻo Lee ua pakele ʻo ia i hoʻokahi pō ma ka holo ʻana ma nā māla paina.
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻia ka moʻolelo o Lee e Chanchanit Martorell, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Thai Community Development Center. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Martorell a me kāna mau limahana ua ninaninau lākou ma mua o 200 mau limahana mahiʻai a waiho i nā hoʻopiʻi kīwila e kūʻē iā Global Horizons. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua hana ʻino ʻia kekahi o nā limahana mahiʻai a pono lākou e ola i ka ʻai ʻana i nā lau o nā mea kanu a i ʻole nā iʻa i loaʻa iā lākou ma kahi kahawai kokoke.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo Damrong Kraikruan, ke kanikela nui o Thailand ma Los Angeles Los Angeles Times ʻO ka nūpepa ua hoʻopau ʻo Thailand i ka laikini Global Horizons e hana ma laila i ka makahiki 2005, a ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia kekahi o nā hui Thai o ka hui no ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoihana kūʻai ʻoihana me ka laikini ʻole.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ʻo Jorge Guzman, o ka US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ma ka ʻaha kūkā nūhou Thai Community Development Center e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hui no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka pilikia. "He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻike i ka hana ʻana i kēia hana hilahila i mea o ka wā ma mua," wahi a Guzman, e koi ana i ka lehulehu e hōʻike i nā kānalua e pili ana i ke kālepa kanaka.
Ua ʻōlelo ka FBI e lawe nui ana i ka hihia Global Horizons. "I ka wā kahiko, mālama lākou i nā kauā ma ko lākou wahi me nā huila a me nā kaulahao," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo FBI Special Agent Tom Simon. ʻO Beverly Hills Courier. "I kēia lā, hana ʻia me ka hoʻoweliweli waiwai a me ka hoʻoweliweli."
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