Southern Poverty Law Centre

Nearly 200 Indian workers, brought to the US by an American firm to repair damaged oil rigs after the Hurricane Katrina, have won a $20 million settlement against the company for defrauding and exploiting them, in one of the largest labour trafficking cases in US history.

Nearly 200 Indian workers, brought to the US by an American firm to repair damaged oil rigs after the Hurricane Katrina, have won a $20 million settlement against the company for defrauding and exploiting them, in one of the largest labour trafficking cases in US history.