McDonald's Went Years Without Noticing Employees Were Human Trafficking Victims, Report Finds "Can't Undo the Damage to My Mental Health"
www.latintimes.com
A BBC investigation that a gang of Czech traffickers exploited 16 vulnerable victims, forcing them to work for years at a McDonald's and a bakery in the UK.
  • 21CabbageEnglish
    45·
    9 months ago

    “without noticing” is pulling a lot of weight in that headline. Innocent until proven guilty and all that but I’m willing to bet there were at least some individuals ‘in’ on the deal.

    • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.netEnglish
      15·
      9 months ago

      I don’t know if this is true in the UK but in the US McD’s locations are nearly all franchises owned by local business owners. So McDonald’s the corporation could reasonably be unaware that the 15 (say) locations in Dallas TX owned by Horatio Hornblower were all staffed by trafficked persons.

      I’m not saying this would absolve McDonald’s of responsibility but it would address the “being unaware” part.