"Others at a higher level of the fruit picking industry seem complicit in one way or another with how these activities occur," U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore said while handing down the sentences. "I think there is a broader interest out there the government should look into as well."

Relatives of three men convicted in June of forcing the 700 illegal workers into slavery packed a small courtroom Wednesday, but not one victim was there to watch them be sentenced. Prosecutor Adrianna Vieco told Moore the victims couldn't afford to take a day off work.