LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2011. In its largest human trafficking case in agriculture to date, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) yesterday announced that it filed lawsuits in Hawaii and Washington against Global Horizons Inc., a Beverly Hills-based farm labor contractor, and eight farms. The EEOC contends that Global Horizons engaged in a pattern or practice of national origin and race discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, when it trafficked over 200 Thai male victims to farms in Hawaii and Washington where they were subjected to severe abuse. Hundreds of additional potential claimants and witnesses are expected, according to the EEOC.
