Is Human Trafficking Occurring On U.S. Military Bases Abroad?

The Invisible Army -- The New Yorker

For foreign workers on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, war can be hell.

ABSTRACT: A REPORTER AT LARGE about the recruitment and treatment of foreign workers employed as support staff on American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tells about Vinnie Tuivaga and Lydia Qeraniu, two women from Fiji who were recruited in 2007 by a local firm called Meridian Services Agency, which promised them jobs in Dubai. Once they reached Dubai, however, they were told that they were actually bound for jobs on U.S. military bases in Iraq. Lydia and Vinnie were unwitting recruits for the Pentagon’s invisible army: more than seventy thousand cooks, cleaners, construction workers, fast-food clerks, electricians, and beauticians from the world’s poorest countries who service U.S. military logistics contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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My Comment: You have to be a subscriber to get the entire story .... but the abstract says it all. For foreign workers on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, questions of abuse and mistreatment are being raised.