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
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to a Kansas-based organization conspired to provide unpaid child labor to
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.
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.
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
Victims who committed infractions were regularly punished through the withholding of food, silence, public humiliation, extra work and physical abuse, according to the indictment.