Couple faces human-trafficking charges over Filipino nanny’s ordeal

VANCOUVER (5 June 2013)- Franco Orr and his wife Nicole Huen are currently on trial for human trafficking charges arising from allegations that they brought their live-in Filipino nanny, Leticia Sarmiento, to Canada from Hong Kong and forced her to work in domestic servitude for several years. According to Sarmiento, she was made to work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, taking care of three young children and doing all the housework. For her work, she was initially paid $500 a month and later $700 a month, with no overtime pay. The couple pleaded not guilty, but if they are convicted they could face a maximum fine of $1 million, life imprisonment, or both.

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