Brothers Home: The Busan ‘Welfare Center’ Where Police Earned Points for Every Person
Police earned points for every “vagrant” sent to Busan’s Brothers Home. At least 657 died. The owner served two and a half years.
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She Faked Twins for a Bachelor Star. The Ultrasound Belonged to a Grieving Mother
She told former Bachelor star Clayton Echard she was pregnant with his twins. There were never any babies, and the ultrasound belonged to another mother. The Laura Owens case, from paternity suit to sentencing.
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The Fake Milk of Fuyang: The Babies With Big Heads (2004)
In 2004, cheap baby formula with almost no protein was sold in village shops around Fuyang, China. Babies starved while being fed. Four years later, the melamine scandal followed.
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The El Monte Sweatshop: 72 Workers Behind Razor Wire in Los Angeles (1995)
For up to seven years, Thai garment workers were held behind razor wire in a Los Angeles suburb, sewing clothes for American stores. One escape and a hand-drawn map ended it.
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The Officer Who Took Over a Dead Man’s House: The Lauderhill Case
A Florida police officer found a man dead on a welfare check. Investigators say he then spent nearly four years quietly taking over the dead man’s house.
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The Brick Kiln Slaves of Shanxi: When 400 Fathers Became the Detectives
In 2007, teenage boys vanished from a Chinese train station and ended up in illegal brick kilns. The police did not find most of them. Their parents did.
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The Salt Slaves of Sinan: A Letter, a Map and an Island That Looked Away
A homeless man was sold to a salt farm on a remote Korean island. Escape was impossible, because everyone on the island was watching. Then he drew a map and mailed it to his mother.
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The Slaves of Benjina: The Men Locked in a Cage to Catch the Fish in Your Freezer
Fishermen were locked in a cage on a remote Indonesian island, and the fish they caught reached American supermarkets. The true story behind the AP’s Seafood from Slaves investigation.
