A federal judge has set bail at $1 million for the chief executive of a labor recruiting company accused of importing and exploiting 400 workers from Thailand.
Forty-five-year-old Mordechai Orian, head of Los Angeles-based Global Horizons Manpower Inc., was ordered Wednesday to be held in federal custody until he can raise the money.
KITV reports federal prosecutors claim Orian, an Israeli national, is a flight risk. They had sought to keep him in custody until his trial, and they plan to appeal.
Orian is accused in what the FBI calls the largest human-trafficking case charged in U.S. history.
He was indicted last week on charges that he lured the workers with false promises of lucrative jobs, then confiscated their passports, failed to honor their employment contracts and threatened to deport them.
His public relations agency has said he complied with the FBI in negotiating his surrender in Honolulu.
via U.S. court sets $1m bail for Israeli charged in human trafficking case - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News.
Here is the web site. Perhaps the post 9/11 worldview is that with the right wording, can get away with a really big conspiracy?
Global Horizons, Inc. thinks globally and acts locally with a post-9/11-worldview, one which understands that economies cannot continue to grow and prosper without an ample, qualified and legal workforce. Too, it understands the aspirations of countless workers who dream of having better jobs in better places, but who wish to return to their country of native origin when they've completed the job. This fulfills both the economic and security needs of the host country. - http://gmpusa.com/
Best sarcasm award goes to Daily Kos:
And here is the "About Us" section that appears on their website, footnoted by yours truly for the irony challenged ...
Who We Are
When Global Horizons, Inc. began sixteen years ago, it was the first company to establish a new and improved (1) labor-recruiting (2), labor-providing (3) business model (4) to meet the temporary and permanent needs (5) of employers worldwide. The company is continuing (6) to set a powerful new standard in Twenty-First Century (7) recruiting. An emerging industry leader, it is successfully turning local, regional and national workforce challenges into significant opportunities (8).
The Global Horizons story began in 1989, in the midst of a massive worker shortage in a foreign country. Born out of necessity (9) and acting boldly (10), the newly-formed organization brought thousands of qualified workers (11) into a strategic nation (12), averting impending economic disaster (13) for that country. Today, Global continues to build on the experience and wisdom gained during that time (14)of humble beginnings.
FOOTNOTES
- Unless you include Ancient Egypt
- Kidnapping
- Pimping
- Legal-appearing Crime Syndicate
- Rent-A-Slave, Buy-A-Slave
- Until somebody finds out – Like the FBI
- 21st Century – BC
- Significant opportunities for us, for you, not so much - unless you really hate your biological family and enjoy picking pineapples
- We were out of money and could no longer afford the quality of cocaine and prostitutes we were accustomed to
- With the type of sociopath-like disregard for humanity that would embarrass Ted Bundy
- Who knew you could fit that many people on a blow-up raft?
- One with easy-to-bribe officials
- Fair Wages & Lower CEO Pay
- MEMO TO EMPLOYEES: Never Kidnap a Warlord’s Daughter
A nod to the FBI. Good job. Thanks and keep it up. This is the kind of big crime that we, as taxpayers, like to see cleaned up.
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