A third man has been arrested after an investigation into labor trafficking allegations in Bartow County. Homeland Security ...

Federal agents and local authorities raided the business on Wednesday and arrested the owner and one other man.

The authorities’ arrival at Wellmade Industries in Cartersville, roughly 40 miles north of Atlanta, was the culmination of what an official described as a “massive” labor trafficking investigation. At ...

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — A former employee of Wellmade Industries, a flooring manufacturer in Cartersville, is shedding light on unsafe working conditions at the plant, which is now at the center of ...

An inspector from 2022 to 2023, describes the factory as a hazardous environment with little regard for worker safety.

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As a result, the owner of Wellmade Industries and his nephew were arrested. The pair are accused of coercing Chinese nationals and other immigrants to work. There are potentially dozens of victims ...

Bartow County Magistrate Court denied bond April 8 for Cartersville resident Jianjun Lu, who was arrested in connection to the Wellmade Industries investigation.

A third person was arrested in connection to the labor trafficking investigation at Wellmade Performance Flooring in ...

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — Two men have been arrested and face felony trafficking charges following a multi-agency investigation into alleged labor trafficking at a Cartersville manufacturing plant.

Homeland Security Investigations confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Jian Jun Lu, a 54-year-old employee at Wellmade Industries, was arrested on April 5. He’s currently being held in the ...