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Florida slave labor camp operators face charges after arrests
Two South Carolina men were arrested in Homestead on charges of operating a slave labor camp and false imprisonment. Investigators say 27 migrant workers were kept, underpaid, and forced to live on meager wages while being coerced and controlled by labor contractor Joe L. Brown and guard Lafayette Matthew. Officers found Brown with cash and a Cadillac Eldorado, while workers described owed sums and food stamp schemes. Police linked the case to recruitment of workers from Georgia and the Carolinas with promises of high pay.
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