human trafficking
Napier, NEW ZEALAND — A Samoan man the Crown says was trafficked to New Zealand and used as a slave says he was put to work within hours getting off the plane and was constantly beaten for working too slowly.
He is one of 13 complainants to give evidence at the trial of Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, at...
Napier, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's first court trial involving slavery and human trafficking charges has ended its first week in the High Court in Napier and will resume today (New Zealand time).
The trial before Justice Helen Cull and a jury started on Monday last week with horticultural and...
Napier, NEW ZEALAND — A teenage Samoan girl promised schooling in New Zealand was instead allegedly made to cook and clean and got beatings, the High Court in Napier has heard.
The woman, who was a 15-year-old at the time of the alleged offending in 1994-95, is one of several complainants who will...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Sixteen Pacific Islanders have been granted temporary work visas in New Zealand under a Special Residence Category for victims of human trafficking.
Immigration New Zealand said the 16 people from Fiji and Samoa were approved for their visas between July 2016 and July 2019...
Hawkes Bay, NEW ZEALAND — The identity of a man accused of slavery and trafficking in Hawke's Bay can now be revealed.
Samoan national Viliamu Samu, known locally as Joe Matamata, has been charged with human trafficking and slavery after he allegedly brought Samoans to New Zealand to work illegally...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaiian Airlines in its blog poast has updated a suspicion that there was a human trafficking case on a flight to Honolulu.
The FBI says no crime actually occurred.
Samoa News reported late Friday afternoon that the airline said its attendants saw an older Asian man boarding a...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Three Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants are being credited with saving three girls from an apparent case of human trafficking on a flight to Honolulu.
Hawaii News Now reports that flight attendant Wes Hirata saw an older Asian man boarding a flight out of Los Angeles with three...
HONOLULU (AP) — Khanh Huynh has been a commercial fisherman since he was 12 years old. For the past six years, he’s been living on a fishing boat in Hawaii, catching premium ahi tuna for some of the world’s most discerning consumers.
The 28-year-old fisherman from outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam...