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Illinois Quick Hits: Foreign national faces harboring, forced labor charges

Image Marietta Daily Journal 12 Feb 2026
(The Center Square) – A Honduran citizen residing in Waukegan has been indicted for allegedly bringing illegal aliens into the United States for private financial gain ... .
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Forced labor case widens as feds charge third Kingdom of God leader

Detroit news 12 Feb 2026
Taylor and Brannon were previously charged in a 10-count indictment with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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Third Leader Charged in Multi-State Forced Labor Conspiracy Involving Kingdom of God Global Church (US Department of Justice)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
"Forced labor is a direct assault on human ... Taylor and Brannon were first indicted on July 23, 2025, for conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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Subramanyam Leads Re-Introduction of Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on International Financial Support for Forced Labor (Suhas Subramanyam)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
This legislation encourages the opposition of IFI loans that pose significant risk of using forced labor, or occur in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), where a significant amount of ...
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Third Leader Charged in Multi-State Forced Labor Conspiracy Involving Kingdom of God Global Church (United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan)

Public Technologies 12 Feb 2026
"Forced labor is a direct assault on human ... Taylor and Brannon were first indicted on July 23, 2025, for conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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Federal trial on Angola’s ‘Farm Line’ forced labor has ended. Here’s where things stand.

Image The Advocate 11 Feb 2026
A team of prison reformists made their final push to convince a federal judge to order an end to “degrading and dehumanizing” labor for field workers on the so-called Farm Line at the state’s oldest and lone maximum-security prison ... .
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Two Houston-area women indicted for kidnapping, abuse, and forced labor of minor (United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas)

Public Technologies 09 Feb 2026
HOUSTON - Two Conroe residents have been charged for their roles in the kidnapping and forced labor of a minor child, announced U.S ... They repeatedly beat and forced the child to provide labor and ...
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Confronting China’s Forced Labor Is Key to Securing America’s Mineral Future | Opinion

Newsweek 02 Feb 2026
national security and American prosperity—addressing the problem of forced labor. Forced labor in supply chains controlled by China and other U.S ... economic and forced labor risk indicators, U.S.
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Trafficked for forced labor: Modern slavery survivor shares her story

American Press 31 Jan 2026
They were “laborers” — a word that in her case meant 10-hour days working in a room with no heat or air conditioning ... Sometimes my experience with labor trafficking seems like it was a lifetime ago, and sometimes it seems like it was last week.”.
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Supreme Court confirms Japan company should pay $69,500 to forced labor victim

Korea Times 30 Jan 2026
The Supreme Court on Friday finalized a ruling that ordered a Japanese construction company to pay 100 million won ($69,500) in compensation to the family of a South Korean victim of Tokyo's wartime forced labor.
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How Trump's tariffs, and forced labor, led China to new record trillion-dollar trade surplus: Supply ...

CNBC 29 Jan 2026
In response to Trump's tariffs, China's use of other Asian manufacturing markets and forced labor is adding trillions into Chinese GDP ... .
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Mother, daughter who ran Tigard adult foster care home face new forced labor charges

The Oregonian 29 Jan 2026
The mother and daughter who ran a Tigard adult foster care home on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to a new 12-count indictment charging each with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and forced labor.
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