Re: They are a cartel...
"This happens in Europe and also in Oceania and is widely known yet nothing is done about it."
And nothing ever will. The recruitment industry is giving Big Business what they want: cheap labor. Big Business makes sure that the cheap labor force is always available thanks to (spending money on) lobbying for programs like H-1B, and the recruitment industry simply comes in and fills the requirement of slave cheap, expendable and replaceable labor.
As was said above, close the loophole on sleazebag companies using the law to underpay workers, and the recruitment industry will die on the vine.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
