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New Zealand's First Slavery Conviction: March 19th, 2020

New Zealand's First Slavery Conviction: March 19th, 2020

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

A New Zealand-based Samoan chief has been found guilty of 10 charges of human trafficking and 13 charges in dealing in slaves.

This is the first guilty verdict on a human trafficking and slavery case in New Zealand. But with many exploitative migrant worker schemes flying under the radar because of the legal and social danger for victims if they speak out, it is certainly not the first occurrence.

Rachel Simpson reports.