Trafficked chicken catchers get 'substantial' payout in landmark UK case

By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The owners of a chicken company have agreed to pay more than 1 million pounds in compensation and legal costs after reaching a landmark settlement with a group of Lithuanian men trafficked to Britain to work on farms, lawyers said on Tuesday. The agreement follows a June high court ruling that found chicken company DJ Houghton guilty of charging prohibited fees, unlawfully withholding wages and failing to ensure the workers had adequate liv