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Article

8 Sep 2005

Author:
Associated Press

Man pleads guilty in forced labor case [USA]

One of two men accused of bringing Eastern European women to the United States and forcing them to work as exotic dancers pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy charges...As part of his plea agreement, Aronov admitted he and his partners kept the women's passports, threatened to report them to the government as illegal immigrants if they tried to leave, imposed thousands of dollars in debts on them, and subjected them to threats and violence.