And a couple in Long Island, New York have been convicted in a case of modern-day slavery. The couple faces up to forty years in prison for enslaving two undocumented immigrants from Indonesia. The women testified that their passports were confiscated and that for years they were subjected to beatings with brooms, scalding with hot water, and being forced to eat hot chili peppers, as well as carrying out household duties. One of the women was found by authorities in May wandering the streets dressed only in pants and a towel after escaping from the couple’s home in Muttontown, New York, where they ran a multimillion-dollar perfume business. She was treated at a local hospital for injuries to her ears, face, arms, neck, chest and back. She told authorities she had been tortured.