US farms made $200m via human smuggling and labor trafficking operation

Two dozen conspirators forced workers to pay fees for travel and housing while forcing them to work for little to no pay

In June 2021, a farm worker from Mexico who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, was transported through a trafficking network from Monterey, Mexico to work on farms in the southern US state of Georgia.

They paid 20,000 pesos, around $950 to the traffickers that they were loaned from their mother, taking frequent trips to Monterrey, Mexico, back and forth, before being told it was safe to leave and they were finally transported across the border.

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Source: The Guardian