1.0 link 122045 <![CDATA[U.S. Contractor KBR Sued For Human Trafficking]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/28/us-contractor-kbr-sued-fo_n_122045.html A Washington law firm filed a lawsuit yesterday against KBR, one of the largest U.S. contractors in Iraq, alleging that the company and its Jordanian subcontractor engaged in the human trafficking of Nepali workers.

Agnieszka Fryszman, a partner at Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, said 13 Nepali men, between the ages of 18 and 27, were recruited in Nepal to work as kitchen staff in hotels and restaurants in Amman, Jordan. But once the men arrived in Jordan, their passports were...

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