Excessive Hours Dept: Police say the 21-year-old victim was promised a job in a hair salon, but upon her arrival in 2008 had her passport taken away, and had to work seven days a week without pay before she finally fled to a women's shelter, according to CTV. "In June 2009, after one year of living in a state of fear and working excessive hours with little to no freedom, the victim was able to get to a woman's shelter." Fifty-five-year-old Mumtaz Ladha has been charged with one count of human smuggling under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. "When the victim arrived in Canada, she was forced to work in Ladha's West Vancouver home for 18 hours a day, seven days a week. The victim received no pay, and the suspect has possession of her passport," RCMP said in a news release. As
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