Human rights groups are up in arms on the account of the myriad of suicides committed by foreign maids who have been severely abused while working in Lebanon.  To make matters worse, it seems as if the Lebanese government is doing little to prevent such abuse.   According to CNN, 10 women working in Lebanon as maids have died by either hanging themselves or falling off a tall building in the last 7 weeks!

Two Vietnamese women have allegedly been working as modern slaves in central Pennsylvania nail salons. According to ABC News, three individuals have been arrested and brought up on charges of forced labor trafficking, marriage fraud, and forced labor. According to reports, the threesome recruited workers from Vietnam, brought them into the U.S. through fraudulent marriages, and forced them to work without pay. The operation came crashing down when one woman escaped from the New Cumberland house in which she had been held for almost four years.