Post by Scumhunter on Apr 4, 2016 5:06:43 GMT -5
(Pictured: Above: Sandjar Agzamov. Born: 1982 in Uzbekistan Photo Credit: ICE.GOV)
(Pictured: Above: Nodir Yunusov. Born: 1987 in Uzbekistan Photo Credit: ICE.Gov)
(Pictured: Above: Rustamjon Shukrov Born: 1985 in Uzbekistan Photo Credit: ICE.Gov)
From the ICE Most Wanted website:
"KANSAS CITY, Missouri — In June 2005, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City opened an investigation into Giant Labor Solutions (GLS), after receiving information that two Uzbek nationals were operating a labor service business and employing illegal aliens.
This HSI-led investigation expanded to include the following agencies: FBI, Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, Kansas Department of Revenue, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This ad hoc task force pursued the GLS conspiracy for the next four years.
GLS was indicted in May 2009 in the Western District of Missouri for forced labor trafficking and fraud in foreign labor contracting, the first application of these statutes in the United States.
The principle target of the GLS investigation – Abrorkhodja Askarkhodjaev – and others were arrested in May 2009 in Brooklyn, New York, as he prepared to flee the country. At the same time, more than 40 human trafficking victims were rescued in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Casper, Wyoming; Panama City, Florida; Fairfax County, Virginia; and Overland Park, Kansas.
Three of the indicted members of the conspiracy – Sandjar Agzamov, Nodir Yunusov, and Rustamjon Shukurov – fled from the United States and remain fugitives.
In January 2010, a 127-count superseding indictment charged the GLS conspirators with 59 counts of forced labor trafficking and 20 counts of fraud in foreign labor contracting."
www.ice.gov/most-wanted/agzamov-sandjar
www.ice.gov/most-wanted/yunusov-nodir
www.ice.gov/most-wanted/shukurov-rustamjon
Additional Excerpt From Justice Department:
"According to the indictment, the enterprise required the foreign nationals to work where the enterprise assigned them. However, the enterprise threatened to cancel the immigration status of foreign nationals who refused to work as directed by the enterprise. The enterprise allegedly charged the foreign nationals numerous fees. It further profited, the indictment says, by requiring the foreign national workers to reside in apartments it exclusively secured, controlled and for which it charged exorbitant rents. According to the indictment, the enterprise often threatened to cancel the immigration status of foreign nationals who requested permission to seek alternative housing,
Allegedly, these fees and expenses, combined with the lack of payment for hours worked, underpayment for hours worked and lack of work assignments, often resulted in the foreign national workers receiving a paycheck with negative earnings. The enterprise allegedly ensured that the workers did not make enough to repay their debt, to purchase a plane ticket home, or pay for their own living expenses while in the United States. It further controlled the foreign national workers in the Kansas City area by not allowing them to receive mail, the indictment says.
More Info at: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/eight-uzbekistan-nationals-among-12-charged-racketeering-human-trafficking-immigration
Who to call/contact with Information:
According to ICE website:
Members of the public are warned not to attempt to apprehend any subject. Anyone with information about the whereabouts of these fugitives should immediately contact the local ICE office or call the national hotline at 1-866-DHS-2-ICE (866-347-2423) as soon as possible. From outside the U.S. and Canada, callers should dial 802-872-6199. Tips can also be submitted online at www.ICE.gov/tips.
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