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Did you witness Human Trafficking in Scientology?

AnonOrange

Gold Meritorious Patron
Polaris project contact info.

I just called people at the Polaris Poject to get an update on the submittal I made to them in May. They researched my info further, met to discuss it and put together a package for a three letter agency of the US gov. The case is is progress.

If you have further info, with very specific recent cases of Human Trafficking by Scientology, please do contact them. The case number is #2479 if you want to add info to it.


http://www.polarisproject.org/content/view/28/109/

Polaris Project Headquarters
P.O. Box 77892
Washington, DC 20013
Tel: 202-745-1001
Fax: 202-745-1119

National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC)
To report a tip about a potential case of human trafficking, receive training and technical assistance on the issue, or find service referrals for victims of trafficking, contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at:
[email protected]his e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or 1-888-3737-888.
Phone services are available toll-free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


Also, this thread needs another bump for the newbies. Read from the start.
 

Operating Wog

Patron with Honors
Day 29: Employees are discouraged from filing taxes with the IRS.

If you make less than a certain amount in a given year, you can choose to be exempt from filing. That amount used to be $2000 per year. I'm sure it's gone up. But $2000 means roughly $40 a week. I bet most SO members do not make that.
 

Takin Time

Patron with Honors
If you make less than a certain amount in a given year, you can choose to be exempt from filing. That amount used to be $2000 per year. I'm sure it's gone up. But $2000 means roughly $40 a week. I bet most SO members do not make that.
That may be true, but that only covers your requirements/waivers from IRS. Without filing, you might not get any FICA credit at all. Even wages of $1,500 per year would get you some credits with the Social Security Administration. Apparently, the CofS hadn't been reporting it appropriately to SSA and some of the long-term Sea Org members never got credit for the wages they DID make.

And by the way, when I was in, I was discouraged from filing my tax return even though I had only recently joined and I did have a tax bill for the prior calendar year.

So there's no point in lessening the fact that the CofS DISCOURAGES filing income taxes for Sea Org members. No one should discourage paying taxes, especially a "church" who says one should follow the laws of the land.

Just the fact that they would discourage at all is fishy, and deserves being looked into.

And the fact that they would discourage filing taxes for someone who owed taxes, is worse than fishy.
 

AnonOrange

Gold Meritorious Patron
Venice Family Clinic will help ex cult people in the LA area

Just got this from Chuck Beatty:

For your info, the Venice Family Clinic will help ex cult people in the LA area, and I have had their phone number in the 866-XSEAORG phone message for a couple months now.

It's a good phone number for people in LA region to know and have to do on the spot referrals to ex Sea Org people or Sea Org people.

The day will come when more will originate about what services are available for free, the this clinic is free for lower income ex Sea Org members for sure.

Best, Chuck


[email protected] writes:
International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
HELP FOR LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS WHO HAVE LEFT CULTS OR HIGH DEMAND GROUPS

If you have left a cult or other high demand group, live in Los Angeles,
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* education and career planning
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The International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) invites you to work
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The service, at Venice Family Clinic, is free for low-income residents
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AnonOrange

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Bump, because now I can!

For the newbies, please start from post one and contribute if you were subjected to any of this.
 

kercue

New Member
Just a thought

I have not been a part of Scientology for quite some time, but when I was SO at the LA base, they would bring immigrants up from Mexico and down from Canada, without green cards or work Visa's. Since they were traveling here to "volunteer" for a church they did not need green cards or work visa's. The benefit to Scientology was without one of those two items they did not get paid, so needless to say they were stuck working for essentially room and board, with no legal recourse and no way to get back where they came from.
 

Takin Time

Patron with Honors
I have not been a part of Scientology for quite some time, but when I was SO at the LA base, they would bring immigrants up from Mexico and down from Canada, without green cards or work Visa's. Since they were traveling here to "volunteer" for a church they did not need green cards or work visa's. The benefit to Scientology was without one of those two items they did not get paid, so needless to say they were stuck working for essentially room and board, with no legal recourse and no way to get back where they came from.
This is disgusting. I wonder what Aaron Sexton would have to say about this. I'll bet he knows something about it, too.

Even if these people came into the USA on tourist visas, those visas expire (sometimes just 90 days or 6 months) and after that they must leave the country. Otherwise they are considered "illegal aliens". There is no "forever" visa.
 

tutu

Patron
I did. I worked for a company that hired ex-SO without green cards or proper work visas. I left after that, not wanting to be a party to that impending drama.
 

imSPecial

Patron with Honors
This is disgusting. I wonder what Aaron Sexton would have to say about this. I'll bet he knows something about it, too.

Even if these people came into the USA on tourist visas, those visas expire (sometimes just 90 days or 6 months) and after that they must leave the country. Otherwise they are considered "illegal aliens". There is no "forever" visa.

Q: Are you talking about Aaron Saxon?
 
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