Factory owner 'enslaved' workers

A former garment factory-owner convicted of enslaving, starving and beating his workers in American Samoa was ordered to pay $1.8m (€1.5m) in compensation and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Kil Soo Lee was convicted more than two years ago of conspiracy, extortion, money laundering and 11 counts of involuntary servitude at Daewoosa Samoa Ltd. The factory made clothes for JC Penny and other retailers before it was closed.