Human trafficking in Lebanon for home workers


	Human trafficking in Lebanon for home workers

nedhamson1

9-30-2009 5:53 PM

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human trafficking, labor trafficking, shame

nedhamson1 says:

No, not human trafficking of Lebanese but of women from the Philippines, Madagascar, and other countries. To be nannies, housekeepers, and not what they were promised. Where are the police in Lebanon, the Philippines, Madagascar - counting their bribes it seems.

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