Argentina promises prison for slave labor employers

Posted on May 31, 2011 • Filed under: Argentina, Labor Issues, Social Issues

Argentina is cracking down on slave labor according to Ricardo Echegaray of the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP). In a threatening message to the country last week, Echegaray says the AFIP will intensify their operation activities and promises to dress all slave labor employers in striped prison jumpsuits, according to upi.com. A recent investigation by the AFIP led to the arrest of the owner of a brick manufacturing company in Córdoba who employed 5 illegal Bolivian immigrants who were forced to live and work in subhuman conditions. The workers lived in the workplace which did not meet the minimum requirements of health, cleanliness, safety and hygiene.
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