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A woman has her hair done in New York, February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The U.S. government on Wednesday said it blocked an $800,000 shipment of hair extensions and accessories from China on suspicions that the products were made with forced labor.
The goods were held under a June order against a Xinjiang-based company suspected of using prison labor and forced labor with excessive overtime, withheld wages and restrictions on workers’ movements, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said.
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