Source: Inside Edition 7 June 2018 What does it take to go undercover to investigate suspected wrongdoings? Inside Edition producer Zara Lockshin was assigned to investigate claims of child labor at businesses owned by a religious sect called the Twelve Tribes. She discovered children as young as 6 working at the group’s farm in Cambridge, N.Y….
Source: WNYT News Channel 13 June 06, 2018 04:29 PM CAMBRIDGE – The Twelve Tribes community in Cambridge is pushing back against labor violations state investigators say they found involving minors. NewsChannel 13 went back to the commune Wednesday. Members say there weren’t 12 people, let alone 12 children at the Common Sense Packaging Facility…
Source: WNYT Channel 13 by Karen Tararache, June 06, 2018 06:46 AM “If I explain to you what it’s like to watch a diaper get pulled off of a six month old baby so that it can be beaten with a rod until it’s welts, it’s covered in welts and bruises,” Shuah Jones explained. Jones…
Source: Associated Press Fox News CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. – State investigators have found child labor law violations involving 12 minors working at a cosmetics packaging shop run by a New York religious community and are expanding their probe to eight other sites affiliated with the group, officials said Tuesday. State labor department investigators visited the Twelve…
Source: Department of Labor (DOL) Violations could result in tens of thousands of dollars in fines Eight Additional Investigations Opened for Other Twelve Tribes Entities in NY Albany, NY (June 05, 2018) – Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon today announced the preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the Twelve Tribes community located in Cambridge, NY,…
Source: New York Post By Laura Italiano 31 May 2018 A religious cult is forcing children as young as 9 to work the assembly line in its upstate factory — packaging fancy soaps and other goods that are then sold by Amazon, Whole Foods, Target and Walmart, a new exposé claims. The factory, in rural…
Source: RT France La présidente de l’association Info-Sectes alerte ce 11 mai sur la présence à Toulouse de membres de la secte religieuse des «12 tribus», interdite en Allemagne depuis 2013. Elle ferait notamment du «prosélytisme» sur le marché de la ville rose. L’association Info-Sectes s’alarme de l’installation dans le quartier Saint-Aubin à Toulouse de la…
Source: France TV Info.fr Par CL Publié le 10/05/2018 à 15:54 Info-Sectes lance une alerte à Toulouse concernant les « 12 tribus » appelée aussi « Tabitha’s Place ». L’organisation s’implante dans la ville rose. Elle ferait du prosélytisme pour attirer des jeunes. La secte a été dissoute en Allemagne en 2013 en raison de maltraitances sur…
Source: UNADFI La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH) a statué que les autorités allemandes avaient eu raison de retirer les enfants de la communauté des Douze Tribus (connue en France sous le nom de Tabitha’s Place) pour leur éviter de subir de nouveaux sévices corporels. En 2013, un reportage tourné en caméra cachée…
Source: The Associated Press-National Post David Rising March 22, 2018 BERLIN — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday upheld Germany’s decision to take away the children of families in a Christian sect to protect them from being disciplined by caning, agreeing the punishment constituted child abuse and authorities were left with no choice….