Cempaka Belanda: Golden promises end in a sweatshop in The Hague

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Golden promises end in a sweatshop in The Hague

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 9 April 2010 - 3:57pm | By Sebastiaan Gottlieb and Fediya Andina

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Sleeping among cockroaches on filthy mattresses. Working 14 hours a day in cramped and dangerous kitchens to earn 25 euros. These were the conditions in which 35 illegal immigrants from Indonesia were found to be living at various addresses in The Hague, Gouda and Rotterdam. The media called it modern-day slavery. The charge brought in the trial which starts today reads “human trafficking”.

In tiny kitchens where exposed electrical wiring was hanging from the walls, the Indonesians had to bake rice cakes and make chilli paste for Indonesian restaurants in the Netherlands. They were lured to the prosperous Netherlands by a network of human traffickers with the promise of well-paid work in a shoe factory in The Hague and the prospect of a permanent contract. Each person paid the traffickers around 5000 euros for the journey to the Netherlands, a two-week visa and the promise of a decent wage.

Human trafficking

At the court in The Hague, six suspects are facing charges of human trafficking, people smuggling and violating the food and consumer products act. Four of them are Surinam Javanese, the other two are a man and a woman from Indonesia. The Indonesian woman is reportedly in a relationship with the key suspect from Surinam.

Budi, one of the Indonesian victims, is prepared to testify against his former boss. He wants others to learn from his ordeal. An agent in Jakarta promised him he would receive 25 euros for four hours’ work. He came to Europe to earn money to pay off his debts. His wife is ill and he was unable to pay the medical bills. The agent arranged his passport, visa and flight to Paris.

"From there I took the train to the Netherlands and was met at the station by the boss’s right-hand man. I was taken to an address in The Hague where an Indonesian woman lived. I had to give her money. Then the man took me to the workplace."

Golden future

Together with other illegal immigrants from Indonesia, Budi had to make banana chips and prawn crackers. In the first month he only worked five days and earned 125 euros. But he had to pay that money back to his boss for a place to sleep. It was only thanks to a little extra money he had brought with him from Indonesia that he was able to eat. Usually that amounted to nothing more than noodle soup and the leftovers that fellow immigrants brought back from a restaurant where they worked. It was a far cry from the golden future he had been promised.

The suspect’s lawyer, Mr Van Duijne Strobosch, concedes that the victims worked in very poor conditions but he maintains that the charge of human trafficking cannot be proven.

"The defence will emphasise the fact that these people came willingly. They were free to come and go as they pleased. They were given a place to sleep in exchange for a sum of money. Admittedly, they were not paid in accordance with the minimum wage as it applies to Dutch citizens."

Local residents

The case came to light thanks to tips by local residents in The Hague. In July last year, the first eleven illegal Indonesian immigrants were detained. They were found living and sleeping in an extremely hot and filthy kitchen on the top floor of two houses. Inspectors found cockroaches under everything they picked up. The food prepared there was sold to small Indonesian grocery shops in The Hague.

Later, other Indonesians put to work in similar conditions were arrested at addresses in Rotterdam and Gouda. They earned no more than 200 euros a month and were not allowed to work more than eight days a month. This kept them dependent on the people who had brought them to the Netherlands. And if any of them did decide to go it alone, replacements were simply brought in from Indonesia.

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