| The shipyard workers ? who are from India ? have filed a class action suit against Signal International, a marine fabrication company; recruiters in India and the United States; and a New Orleans immigration lawyer, Malvern Burnett; accusing them of forced labor, human trafficking, fraud and civil rights violations. The suit charges that in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, more than 500 Indian men were trafficked into... |
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