Bolivian apprehended in Buenos Aires operating slave labor shop

Posted on December 29, 2011 • Filed under: Argentina, Business, Crime, Human Smuggling, Labor Issues, Police/Military Activity

A 32 year old man accused of exploiting workers Bolivian nationals in a clandestine workshop in Villa Madero, was arrested by police, who rescued 17 people, police in Buenos Aires. The man, shop owner, identified as Alfredo Canaviri Mamani, Bolivian nationality, was arrested by the Department of Investigation (DDI) of La Matanza, which rescued 17 workers of the same nationality, among which there were four girls under age. “The employees worked and slept in the same workshop, shared one bathroom and kitchen, resting in small rooms in bunk beds, crammed as slave labor system known as” hot bed “police said. Read Article

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