Human trafficking is a ‘crime of crimes’ where the traffickers often commit many illegal acts. Here, skilled artisans allege victimization in what “… could be the first forced-labor case of its scale in the United States since dozens of Thai garment workers were discovered laboring in horrible conditions in El Monte, Calif. in 1995 — a landmark case that helped lead to the creation of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act” according to their counsel Dan Werner.
