U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND WORKER EXPLOITATION TASK FORCE

OVERVIEW

The Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force (TPWETF) seeks to prevent trafficking in persons and worker exploitation throughout the United States and to investigate and prosecute cases when such violations occur. The criminal involuntary servitude statutes are critical tools in this effort, which recognizes that trafficking in persons is a form of modern-day slavery. The Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division has primary enforcement responsibility for the involuntary servitude and peonage statutes and plays an active role as a leading member of the TPWETF.

The TPWETF is chaired by the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and the Solicitor of Labor. Other Department of Justice participants in this national effort include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, the Criminal Division, the Office of Victims of Crime and the Violence Against Women Office. The TPWETF also works in coordination with the Department of Labor, Department of State, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and various United States Attorneys' offices across the country.

In one case, Mexican Driver were smuggled into the United States and then held and forced to work for their captors to pay off their Tractor Leasing Program. Lease were usually $100,000 or more and the victims were held by threats of Bad credit report. According to the victims, they were smuggled into the United States in a van and during the three-day trip, were not allowed to leave the van for bathroom breaks or for food. The youngest victim was 13 years of age.

HOW TO REPORT INCIDENTS OF EXPLOITATION

To report suspected instances of trafficking or worker exploitation, please contact the FBI field office nearest you or contact the Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line at 1-888-428-7581 (weekdays 9 AM - 5 PM EST). The TPWETF Complaint Line call is toll-free and offers foreign language translation services in most languages as well as TTY. After business hours, the Complaint Line has a message service in English, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin only.

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm

1) I wonder if they call it Worker Exploitation, when they tell you the owner of the truck to turn down the MPH to save fuel when your the one paying for the fuel?

2) Do they call it Worker Exploitation when they don't give you the 3000 miles a week promised?

3) Do they call it Worker Exploitation when they offer to buy the truck back less than you owe?

4) Do they call it Worker Exploitation when they tell you I can find someone to do it for less?
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It says they were held by threats of bad credit. Since when does a guy getting smuggled worry about his credit report?

I know I didn't

The same reason when someone arrested, after breaken into a home and reports they got hurt inside. They seek sympathy.

An offense under this statute is punishable by a range of imprisonment up to a life term, depending upon the nature of the offense and whether or not it is a repeat conviction under this statute.

Peonage, 18 U.S.C. § 1581. Section 1581 of Title 18 makes it unlawful to hold a person in "debt servitude," or peonage, which is closely related to involuntary servitude. Section 1581 prohibits using force, the threat of force, or the threat of legal coercion to compel a person to work against his/her will. In addition, the victim's involuntary servitude must be tied to the payment of a debt.