A New Jersey man was sentenced to 24 years in prison after prosecutors say he smuggled African women into the country and forced them to braid hair for hours with no pay. Lassissi Afolabi, a native of Togo, was also ordered to pay his victims $3.9 million in restitution along with the prison sentence. As […]
New Jersey braiding salon patrons should feel better knowing that a man who smuggled women into the country to braid hair is facing life in prison for his crime. Lassissi Afolabi plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring with his ex-wife and others to commit forced labor in Newark and East Orange, New Jersey. According to The […]
