we'll call him "ravi". he told us to meet him at an empty part of the base, after he finished his shift. >> ravi told us he was tricked into working in afghanistan for a salary that was less than half of what he was promised. it started when a friend back home introduced ravi to a recruiting agent, who told him that for a hefty fee, he could get a job in afghanistan working for dyncorp. he would fly to dubai, where he would connect with dyncorp and then travel to the base. >> but there was a catch. the job at dyncorp didn't actually exist. instead, the agent housed ravi in a work camp in dubai. after three weeks, the agent told him that for an additional fee, he could get ravi a job with a subcontractor - ecolog. >> so you were promised a job dyncorp for $1200. and then you got a job at ecolog for $500? >> yes. >> how much money did you pay the agent? >> ravi had been recruited under fraudulent terms that compelled him to work for a year simply to pay of his debt. according to the us state department and th

we'll call him "ravi". he told us to meet him at an empty part of the base, after he finished his shift. >> ravi told us he was tricked into working in afghanistan for a salary that was less than half of what he was promised. it started when a friend back home introduced ravi to a recruiting agent, who told him that for a hefty fee, he could get a job in afghanistan working for dyncorp. he would fly to dubai, where he would connect with dyncorp and then travel to the base. >> but there was a catch. the job at dyncorp didn't actually exist. instead, the agent housed ravi in a work camp in dubai. after three weeks, the agent told him that for an additional fee, he could get ravi a job with a subcontractor - ecolog. >> so you were promised a job dyncorp for $1200. and then you got a job at ecolog for $500? >> yes. >> how much money did you pay the agent? >> ravi had been recruited under fraudulent terms that compelled him to work for a year simply to pay of his debt. according to the us state department and th

>> ravi had been recruited under fraudulent terms that compelled him to work for a year, simply to pay his debt. according to the u.s. state department and the united nations, this is human trafficking. >> that was a clip from the new al jazeera investigation, "america's war workers." onis about migrant laborers u.s. military bases. for more we're joined by the two journalists to do the investigation, samuel black is a producer at al jazeera and anjali kamat is a correspondent. they also cowrote an article that accompanies the film called "after 12 years of war, labor abuses still rampant on u.s. bases in afghanistan." welcome. rate to be with you again, anjali kamat, former democracy now! producer. talk about this investigation you did. >> it was a five-month investigation. .his isn't new for over the past 10 years, the west military has been systematically privatizing more and more of its functions, particularly logistics. we saw this in iraq and afghanistan. there hasteresting is been a realization, a recognition at the highest levels that workers are being trafficked. the lowest wa

the job at dine corps didn't actually exist, instead the agent housed ravi in a work camp in dubai. three weeks the agent told him for an additional fee he could get him a job with a subcontractor. so you were promised a job at dine core -- >> yeah. >> reporter: and then you got a job at [ inaudible ] for 500. >> reporter: how much money did you pay the agent? >> reporter: ravi has been recruited under fraudulent terms that compelled him to work for a year, simply to pay off his debt. according to the u.s. state department and the united nations, this is human trafficking, illegal under u.s. and international law. what percentage of workers paid fees to agents in order to get here? >> fault lines correspondent joins us now. these are quite stunning allegations, how do the contractors involved respond to these sort of charges? >> they have denied that there is any human trafficking on their contracts. we have reached out to the contractor, the subcontractor, and the department of defense. the department of defense didn't requests. i think what is interesting also is that in september

today at ravi kumra the people came to a viewing gallery to write messages showing support and hope for the 239 people on board. >> the united states has landed in perth, australia and it is able to reach and search the southern portion of the indian ocean. >>> the form hells angel struck a deal in the killing of another bicycler at a cemetery where 3,000 were gathered for a funeral. the 40-year-old shot and killed another bike are he was fighting with claiming he was defending himself. the two men were attending the funeral of a hell angel leader who was killed at a casino. he gets a three year prison term for voluntary manslaughter. >> hotel guests and residents are back after being evacuated yesterday. hazardous material crews were called to the scene after a woman use add toxic chemical in her room to commit suicide. police closed off the avenue between telegraph and shaddock for self hours -- several hours. >> f.b.i. raid add home in east oakland as part of a drug and gun investigation starting before 2:00 in the afternoon at a house on 90th avenue. officials confiscated three poun

and we're going to have sri sri ravi shankar, who is a very prominent guru, who has many, many millions of followers here. and we're talking about indian issues, in particular, of late. sadanand dhume is our scholar in indian studies. and he has a question about that country. >> thank you very much. i have a broad question about india. when you look at your engagement with the country, what do you think it's done well, and where do you think it needs to do the most work? >> well, india has a lot of very socialistic policies having to do with labor and land and the fact that it has not risen as a manufacturing power is an indictment of its government policies. that is, as china's incomes went up, the place that the world should have moved to next, as the manufacturing hub of the world absolutely should be india. and that's only happening to a very, very tiny extent. and it has to do with, you know, regulatory complexities, infrastructure quality. now, you know, i'm optimistic about india. we've put more into india than any country in the world. india benefits from a funny form of competi

and we're going to have sri sri ravi shankar, who is a very prominent guru, who has many, many millions of followers here. and we're talking about indian issues, in particular, of late. sadanand dhume is our scholar in indian studies. and he has a question about that country. >> thank you very much. i have a broad question about india. when you look at your engagement with the country, what do you think it's done well, and where do you think it needs to do the most work? >> well, india has a lot of very socialistic policies having to do with labor and land and the fact that it has not risen as a manufacturing power is an indictment of its government policies. that is, as china's incomes went up, the place that the world should have moved to next, as the manufacturing hub of the world absolutely should be india. and that's only happening to a very, very tiny extent. and it has to do with, you know, regulatory complexities, infrastructure quality. now, you know, i'm optimistic about india. we've put more into india than any country in the world. india benefits from a funny form of competi