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Feds accuse Kansas 'cult' of running unpaid child labor network

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A federal grand jury in Kansas indicted eight people for their alleged involvement in a forced labor scheme involving businesses around the U.S. that were owned by an organization that has frequently been described as a "cult."

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Eight members of religious group charged with child abuse

Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to a Kansas-based organization conspired to provide unpaid child labor to businesses across the country and physically abused them for years. The organization, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam and the Value Creators, was labeled a cult by a federal judge in the District of Kansas in 2018. In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, prosecutors alleged the Kansas City group beat children, imp…

2 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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Eight members of religious group charged with child abuse

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to a Kansas-based organization conspired to provide unpaid child labor to businesses across the country and physically abused them for years.

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Eight members of religious group charged with child abuse

Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work without pay and abused them for years

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The Washington Post

Kansas ‘cult’ leaders separated children from their parents and forced them into unpaid labor, feds say

Prosecutors charged eight United Nation of Islam leaders with conspiracy and forced labor in connection with the alleged abuse that took place from 2000 to 2012, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

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Eight members of religious group charged with child abuse

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work without pay and abused them for years. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges the organization, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, with conspiracy to commit forced labor and forced labor. A federal judge is Kansas labeled the group a cult in 2018. The group was founded in the 1970s by R…

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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