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Article

29 May 2009

Author:
Central Asian news service

Court trial against Uzbek criminal group to be held in USA

Eight citizens of Uzbekistan, who illegally supplied labour power to the US, exploited illegal labour migrants, intimidated them, and received profits from their labour since 2001, were imprisoned in the USA…Among accusations are human trafficking…Hotels, casinos, and construction enterprises, belonging to one of the members of criminal group Abdukahhor Azizhodjaev, in 14 US states were supplied with labour force by criminal group…[I]llegal labour migrants from abroad, Uzbekistan in particular, [were] provided…with jobs…worked without having working visas, lived in houses controlled by Azizhodjaev...and were constantly under supervision…[The] criminal group, in return for job placement…demanded their wages each month, and those who were expressing discontent, were intimidated with bodily harm...