Six Members of a Former Cult Convicted of Forced Labor Conspiracy Charges in Years-Long Scheme that Included Multiple Minors
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Religious cult leaders convicted of forcing children into unpaid labor
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Kansas cult leaders forced children to work 16 hours a day: 'Heinous atrocities'
High-ranking members of the United Nation of Islam, a cult based in Kansas, were convicted of forcing dozens of people, even minors as young as 8, to work.
Kansas cult leaders accused of forcing kids to work without pay in rat-infested facilities or face "eternal hellfire"
Prosecutors said the group, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, beat children and imposed severe dietary restrictions.
Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’
Victims’ food and water intake was so heavily policed that a girl drank water from a toilet because she was thirsty, the federal prosecutors said
Convicted Kansas cult members forced children to work 16 hour days, beat them
Former members of a Kansas cult have been convicted of conspiracy after federal prosecutors said they forced children to work 16-hour days.
Kansas City, Kansas, 'cult’ leaders convicted in scheme that forced kids to work without pay
Federal prosecutors say the United Nation of Islam, a quasi-religious group deemed to be a "cult," used fear to coerce children into working up to 16-hour days in its storefronts, which were donated by the Kansas City,
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