LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) — A Las Vegas man indicted Wednesday on charges of trafficking and forced labor involving three Cuban immigrants faces a May 19 trial, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Rafael Juan Mitjans, 50, is accused of confiscating passports, immigration documents and other identification from three victims “with the intent to restrict the victim’s ability to move and travel in order to maintain the labor and services of the victims,” according to a Friday news release.
Mitjans is also accused of lying to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services “that he would provide the victims with basic living needs, including money each month, a room with a bed, television, desk, and laptop, clothing, shoes, hygiene products, and three meals per day. He knew the statements on the immigration forms were false.”…