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10 Charts That Explain Why A Slave May Well Have Caught The Shrimp On Your Grill This Summer

Gwynn Guilford | Quartz | June 11, 2014

If you’re a seafood eater in North America, Japan, or Europe, chances are good that someone endured torture, beatings, sleep deprivation and wage-theft to bring you your shrimp cocktail. That’s the upshot of a harrowing must-read Guardian piece on the rampant abuses in Thailand’s fishing export trade (an issue we’ve reported on in the past). [...] Read More »

America’s Prisons: The Worst National Disgrace

Anthony Gregory | The Independent Institute | October 8, 2013

The U.S. correctional system is the worst of America’s domestic disgraces. More people languish behind bars in the United States than in any other country, except perhaps China if we factor in the unknown numbers in labor camps. [...] Read More »

Companies Not Asked To Report Slavery In Supply Chains Under New Laws [UK]

Rowena Mason | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

Home Office says government wants to work with businesses to eliminate forced labour without placing a burden on them Read More »

Developed Countries Are Making $47 Billion A Year From Forced Labor

Nikhil Sonnad | Quartz | May 27, 2014

A recent United Nations report puts the amount of profits made from forced labor at $150 billion. It’s easy to assume that the money is made almost exclusively in countries with weak institutions and corrupt law enforcement. But the report estimates that developed countries are home to $47 billion worth of such labor exploitation. Read More »

Globalised Slavery: How Big Supermarkets Are Selling Prawns In Supply Chain Fed By Slave Labour – Video

Staff Writer | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

A six-month Guardian multimedia investigation has, for the first time, tracked how some of the world's big-supermakets, Tesco, Aldi, Walmart and Morrisons, are using suppliers relying on slave labour to put cheap prawns on their shelves. Slavery is back and here's the proof. Read More »

How To Buy Slavery-Free Prawns – And Have A Positive Impact On The Industry

Steve Trent | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

Wield your consumer power to help remove slavery from the Thai seafood supply chain, says the executive director of the Environmental Justice Foundation Read More »

In Thailand The Cost Of Overfishing Is Trafficked Human Beings

Gwynn Guilford | Quartz | March 4, 2014

Thailand has a long-standing problem with human trafficking. Migrants from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos are conscripted into its seafood industry. A report out today from the Environmental Justice Foundation suggests that, despite increasing international pressure and Thai government attention, it’s still happening. Read More »

Revealed: Asian Slave Labour Producing Prawns For Supermarkets In US, UK

Kate Hodal, Chris Kelly, and Felicity Lawrence | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

Thai 'ghost ships' that enslave and even kill workers are linked to global shrimp supply chain, Guardian investigation discovers Read More »

Slavery In Supermarket Supply Chains Can And Must Be Eliminated

Steve Trent | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

The continued enslavement of migrants working in the Thai fishing industry highlights flaws in the monitoring of suppliers Read More »

Thailand's Seafood Industry: A Case Of State-Sanctioned Slavery?

Felicity Lawrence | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

Slavery is illegal, yet it is driving Thailand's growth – so why are retailers, producers and governments alike turning a blind eye? Read More »

Trafficked Into Slavery On Thai Trawlers To Catch Food For Prawns

Kate Hodal and Chris Kelly | The Guardian | June 10, 2014

The Thai fishing industry is built on slavery, with men often beaten, tortured and sometimes killed - all to catch 'trash fish' to feed the cheap farmed prawns sold in the west Read More »