STASH'S PIZZA OWNER CONVICTED OF FORCED LABOR and THREATS AGAINST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WORKERS
June 7, 2024
STASH’S PIZZA OWNER CONVICTED OF FORCED LABOR CHARGES AFTER YEARS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND IMMIGRATION THREATS AGAINST UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WORKERS
BOSTON, MA – In federal court today, a jury convicted Stash’s Pizza owner Steve Papantoniadis of three counts of forced labor and three counts of attempted forced labor in a prosecution brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Greater Boston Legal Services’ Employment Law Unit represents five of the immigrant workers who testified before the jury as labor trafficking survivors; the Boston University School of Law’s Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Program represents a sixth worker. Both programs also represent other former Stash’s Pizza workers who did not provide testimony.