they took them to a farm in marion ohio where they lived in squalor conditions required to work 12 hours a day, six to seven days a week, their paychecks would often confiscated by the traffickers are basically just sitting roome and board. they threatened them and their families with physical harm if they didn't perform these long hours and work under these difficult conditions. fortunately, this ring was discovered and the kids were rescued and they've now been prosecuted. what the investigation found out when we tried to figure out how this could possibly have happened is that hhs did and do thens background checks on the sponsors or respond to red flags that should have alerted to problems. for example a group for neglecting multiple kids. that should have been a red flag right there not just one child with multiple. they missed a flag when a social worker working with hhs showed up to help the kids into the wie sponsor turned the social worker of a this is somebody on contract with hhs and that didn't raise a flag. we had a hearing in january 2016 and hhs committed they were going t

they took them to an egg farm in marion, ohio, where these kids lived in squalid conditions. they were required to work 12 hours day, six, seven days a week. they are paychecks were often confiscated by the traffickers. so they were basically getting room and board. the traffickers threatened these kids and their families with physical harm. if the kids didn't perform these long hours, work under these terrible conditions. fortunately, this trafficking ring was discovered, these kids were rescued, and they've now been prosecuted. but what our investigation found out when we tried to figure out how could this possibly have happened is is that h.h.s. didn't do the background checks on those sponsors. they didn't also respond to a bunch of red flags that should have alerted them to problems with these kids and with the sponsors. for example, h.h.s. missed that a group of sponsors were collecting multiple kids. that should have been a red flag right there. not just one child but multiple children. they missed a major red flag when a social worker working with h.h.s. showed up to